MH370 wreckage 'found' off coast of Thailand

The wreckage panel, believed to be from an aircraft, found washed up on a Thai beach.

A piece of suspected plane wreckage found off the east coast of southern Thailand is unlikely to belong to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which vanished nearly two years ago, officials say.

A large piece of curved metal washed ashore in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Tanyapat Patthikongpan, head of Pak Phanang district, said. Villagers reported it to authorities for identification, he said.

“Villagers found the wreckage, measuring about two metres wide and three metres long,” he said.

The find fuelled speculation in the Thai media that the debris could belong to MH370, which disappeared with 239 people on board during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.

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