--- description: New debris believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been found on a beach in Madagascar and separately in Australia title: Possible MH370 Debris Found in Madagascar and Australia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [MH370](/tag/mh370/) ## MH370 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Possible Debris From Missing Flight MH370 Found in Madagascar and Australia by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2016 6:47 AM CUT by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2016 6:47 AM CUT New debris believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been found on a beach in Madagascar. Blaine Gibson, an American man who is hunting for debris from the missing plane, found the wreckage on Riake beach, on the island of Nosy Boraha, reports the BBC. One of the pieces resembled a panel from the back of an airplane seat, studded with a part that says “coat hook.” > [](https://twitter.com/HeatherGrafK5/status/741056573766766592) Gibson, a Seattle-based lawyer, had previously uncovered debris from MH370 in Mozambique. He has sent images of his recent findings to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and Malaysian officials, who will examine the evidence. The Malaysia Airlines flight was en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur when it disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board. Australian investigators are also [examining ](http://www.smh.com.au/world/plane-debris-found-on-south-australias-kangaroo-island-examined-for-mh370-link-20160609-gpftdf.html "undefined")a possible piece of wreckage that washed up on Kangaroo Island off the South Australian coast Thursday. So far [eight ](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/10/mh370-search-two-more-pieces-of-plane-debris-found-in-madagascar "undefined")pieces of debris have been found scattered on coastlines in the Indian Ocean. A[ section of a wing](http://time.com/3986109/discovered-plane-debris-from-mh370/ "undefined") called a flaperon on Réunion Island and two pieces uncovered off the coast of Mozambique were [confirmed ](http://time.com/4300369/mh370-mozambique-wreckage-malaysia-airlines/ "undefined")to be “almost certainly” from MH370\. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36495617 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4363837/mh370-debris-madagascar-missing-flight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4363837/mh370-debris-madagascar-missing-flight/"},"headline":"Possible Debris From Missing Flight MH370 Found in Madagascar and Australia","datePublished":"2016-06-10T06:47:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:30:50.133Z","description":"One piece appears to be part of a seat","url":"https://time.com/4363837/mh370-debris-madagascar-missing-flight/","keywords":["MH370","Malaysia","Discovery","Malaysia Airlines","Malaysia Airlines Flight 370","Madagascar"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mh370/","name":"MH370"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4363837/mh370-debris-madagascar-missing-flight/","name":"Possible Debris From Missing Flight MH370 Found in Madagascar and Australia"}}]}] ```