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Officials say debris found on Australian island not MH370
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A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion flies past Australian Defense vessel Ocean Shield in the acoustic search last April of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. (AP/Bradley Darvill)
Investigators say that debris found on an Australian island has been ruled out as coming from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau was notified on June 9 that the debris had been found on Kangaroo Island off the southern Australian coast.
The bureau, which is running a search for the plane in the southern Indian Ocean on Malaysia's behalf, said Wednesday it had been advised by Boeing, the maker of the missing plane, that it was "not consistent with the manufacturing specifications of a Boeing commercial aircraft."
The bureau did not say what the debris was likely from.
Flight 370 vanished with 239 people aboard on March 8, 2014, after flying off course during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing.
