Possible Debris From The Missing Malaysian Plane Washed Up In Western Australia

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Australian authorities will assess debris that washed ashore in Augusta, Western Australia, to determine if it is from the Malaysian Airlines passenger jet that went missing last month.

Perth media reported the discovery of the debris, found at almost the south-westernmost tip of Western Australia. The location is far south of the area where a US Navy underwater drone was searching last week for fading sonar pings thought to be from the plane's black boxes.

A spokesman for the Air Transport Safety Bureau told The West that the find was "interesting" and that it would be recovered from the police station where it was handed in today.

Channel 7 Perth reporter Jessica Vanderende tweeted the following citing the Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre, which has been leading the search effort: