In recent weeks, four new pieces of debris have been found.
Two, in Mozambique, which have now been confirmed as belonging to MH370.
The first, a triangular piece with No Step stencilled on that appears to be consistent with part of the horizontal stabiliser in the tail section. This was found by American Lawyer, Blaine Alan Gibson, on the Paluma Sandbank off the coast of Mozambique on 27 February 2016.
The second, which is clearly marked 676EB is a fairing access hatch found by South African teenager Liam Lotter while on holiday in Mozambique in December 2015. He came forward with this find after seeing pictures of Mr Gibsons piece and realising the significance of what he himself had found.
The third piece, part of an engine cowling and clearly showing the Rolls Royce logo was found by Archaeologist, Niels Le Roux Kruger on the beach at Mossel Bay, South Africa on 24 March 2016.
The fourth part, found by holidaying couple, the Vitrys, on the beach next to the Mourouk Ebony Hotel on the south coast of Rodrigues Island, Mauritius, appears to match part of an internal bulkhead consistent with 9M-MRO.
The location of these finding do indicate strongly that the flight ended not near Sumatra, but somewhere in the Southern Indian Ocean rather than the Northern, and probably much closer to the African continent and further north than the current search area.
Ponderings of a Hippy Girl 