MH370: Malaysia awaits green light from South Africa to comb for debris

IPOH: Malaysia will send its team to South Africa to comb the shoreline of the country’s southern coast in hopes of finding more debris that will shed light on the disappearance of Flight MH370, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said.

This follows the discovery of what is believed to be part of an “inlet cowling” of an aircraft engine, near the town of Mosselbay on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters after visiting the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport here, the Transport Minister said Malaysia would first have to obtain the agreement of the South African authorities to do so.

“Our team will also retrieve the latest piece of debris found and bring it to Australia for further examination and analysis to verify whether it is indeed from MH370.

“They should be in South Africa by the end of this week,” he said.

Liow said Malaysia would continue to be transparent in the investigation process.

“We have invited seven accredited representatives of various countries to witness the process.

“Once completed, Malaysia and Australia will issue a joint statement.

“For now, we will leave things to the expert team and accredited representatives,” he said.

It was reported that two other pieces of debris found in Mozambique had already been sent to Australia for the investigation team to look at.