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KUALA LUMPUR: Relatives of missing persons on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in 2014 recovered what they believe to be new debris from the plane and will present it to the Malaysian government this week.
The MH370 flight was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board, when it disappeared and became one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
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Malaysian and international investigators estimate that the jet deviated several thousand kilometers from its planned route before diving into the Indian Ocean.
But nobody knows why.
A total of 27 aircraft debris was collected at various locations around the world, but only three fragments of wings that were washed away along the Indian Ocean coast came from the MH370.
Relatives said in a brief statement on Wednesday (November 28th) that they would meet Malaysia's transport minister on Friday to "hand over recently recovered debris".
Calvin Shim, whose wife was a member of the crew in the plane, told Reuters that the group was planning to hand over five debris found off Madagascar, where debris has already been found.
The most recent discovery took place in August, he said.
In May, the US company Ocean Infinity disrupted Malaysia's research, which extended over 112,000 km 2 in the southern Indian Ocean.
This was the second major research after Australia, China and Malaysia that ended an unsuccessful search of A $ 200 million (US $ 144.80 million) on an area of 120,000 km 2 last year.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said in May that the country would consider resuming searches only if new clues were discovered.
In July, the investigators released a 495-page report claiming that the aircraft orders had probably been deliberately manipulated for not following the route but that they were not able to determine who was responsible for it.
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