THE Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) yesterday released a Technical Examination Report, which has definitively said debris found in Mozambique originated from lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

    Investigators found that “all measurable dimensions, materials, construction and other identifiable features” were consistent with a 777, according to the ATSB.

    A visible stencil on the first part showing the serial number 676EB also matched the aircraft. Although the font and color were not the original from manufacturer, the bureau added, they matched the design used by Malaysia Airlines for repainting.

    The second part, found in February by American lawyer and adventurer Blaine Alan Gibson, also matched all measurable dimensions and materials for a 777 tailplane, also known as a horizontal stabilizer, which is found on the tail sections of airliners.

    Like the serial number on the first part of debris, a stencil reading “NO STEP” matched the design used by the airline.

    Australia’s Transport Minister Darren Chester said the “links” proved that both pieces, one from the horizontal stabilizer and the other from the wing, were from the missing Boeing 777, which went missing March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board.

    “I welcome the Technical Examination Report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau confirming the debris almost certainly originated from MH370,” Chester said in a statement released yesterday.

    “I thank the team from ATSB, Geoscience Australia, Boeing and the Australian National University for their work.”

    Chester said the search for the missing jetliner would continue and it was once again ready to search the final 20,000 square kilometers in the search area.

    MH370, a scheduled passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing, vanished from radar March 8, 2014, with 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 15 nations on board. Of the 227 passengers, 153 were Chinese citizens.

    One piece of debris was confirmed as coming from the aircraft last year — a piece of wing flap that washed up on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean in July 2015.

    (Xinhua)

    Investigators said they would analyze another possible piece found on a Mauritian island in March.

    The bulk of the aircraft has still not been located, prompting many theories about its disappearance.

    (Xinhua)