MH370: Three new possible pieces of debris found in Mozambique and Mauritius

The pieces will be sent to Australia to be examined by investigators

Five pieces of the missing flight have already been declared to be almost certainly from the missing flight (Getty Images)

Several pieces of debris have been found washed ashore in Mozambique and Mauritius which could be part of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Two pieces were found on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius and one in Mozambique, the Australian Transport Minister Darren Chester said.

The wreckage will now be sent to be studied by Australian investigators to see if it came from the plane which disappeared over the South China Sea in March 2014.

It is believed that all 239 people on board the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing died.

Mr Chester did not release details on what the debris looked like or who found it, only saying the items are “of interest”.

The debris is the latest in a series of pieces reportedly found along the east coast of Africa over the past year.

Earlier this month, officials said a piece of engine cowling found in South Africa and an interior panel piece from an aircraft cabin found on Rodrigues Island off Mauritius were almost certainly from MH370.

These were the fourth and fifth pieces which have been deemed most likely to have come from the plane.

A piece of the missing MH370 aircraft engine cowling stamped with the Rolls Royce logo. It was found on a South African beach in December 2015 (AFP)

An extensive underwater search of a vast area of the Indian Ocean along Australia’s west coast has so far failed to find anything.

Crews are expected to complete their sweep of the search zone by July or August as they have less than 5,800 sq miles of the 46,000 sq miles search left to scour.

There are currently no plans to expand the search area beyond that.

Martin Dolan, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau which is conducting the search, acknowledged it is looking less likely that the remains of MH370 will be found as the search nears the end.

He said: "That's just a statement of the obvious.

"We've covered a fairly significant proportion of our total search area without finding the aircraft and so we have to start considering the alternatives.

“But we've still got 15,000 square kilometres to go — which is a big chunk. ... So it's not as though we've given up."