‘Plane wreckage’ found in Thailand fuels talk of MH370

This file photo taken on Feb 26, 2007 shows a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft on the tarmac of the KL International Airport in Sepang. - AFP

BANGKOK: A piece of suspected plane wreckage has been found off the coast of southern Thailand, a local official said on Saturday, prompting speculation it might belong to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished nearly two years ago.

A large piece of curved metal washed ashore in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, where villagers reported it to the authorities to help identify it, Tanyapat Patthikongpan, head of Pak Phanang district, told Reuters.