KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — A piece of debris that was found on the Mauritian Island of Rodrigues is currently being transported to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Mauritius.

The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) director-general Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said DCA is in communication with the CAA of Mauritius and all efforts are being made to retrieve the debris.

“The debris was suspected to be an interior part of an aircraft. However, we are unable to confirm that it is from MH370 until detailed tests and analysis are conducted,” he said in a statement here, today.

Azharuddin said Malaysia as the lead investigator for the MH370 Safety Investigations has requested for images of the debris to be made available for further investigation and verification purposes.

Yesterday, MH370 Independent Group (IG) expert Don Thompson said a fragment believed to be from inside the cabin of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been found on an island in Mauritius, east of Africa.

Thompson said he had seen the photographs of the part which appeared to be matching the bulkhead of a MAS 777 business class cabin. 

On March 8, 2014, a Beijing-bound MAS Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with 239 passengers and crew members on board disappeared from the radar about 49 minutes after taking off from the KL International Airport at 12.41am.

The search for the missing plane was being conducted in the southern Indian Ocean. — Bernama