Package found on Australian beach could hold clues in MH370 disappearance

Investigators searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been sent an unwrapped towelette package found on the shores of a beach in Western Australia, Xinhua news agency reported. The package, which was clad with the Malaysia Airlines logo, may hold clues to the whereabouts of the aircraft which went missing over a year ago and is believed to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean off the coast of Fremantle in Western Australia. A retired couple found the package and immediately sent it to local police who on Tuesday delivered it to the offices of the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) in Canberra.

It is “unlikely” to be linked with the missing aircraft.

Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) in Canberra

Cervantes beach in Western Australia, where the package was found, is situated around 220 km from Fremantle and 1,850 km from the main search area in the southern Indian Ocean. However, experts have previously stated that floating objects on board the plane would have the ability to travel long distances without being damaged.

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