Revealed: The red and white aircraft pieces that match missing MH370 jet which could prove the Malaysian airliner exploded in mid-air 

  • Three new pieces of aircraft were found on Mozambique's coast
  • Mozambique aviation officials say some of the pieces found are coloured
  • The items will be sent to Malaysia for examination 
  • The plane vanished on route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur in March 2014 

By Simon Holmes For Mailonline

Published: 05:44 EST, 6 September 2016 | Updated: 14:20 EST, 6 September 2016

Mozambique authorities on Monday exhibited three new pieces of aircraft which included the first coloured chunk found in the search for the missing flight MH370.

The parts were picked up late last month by a South African hotelier off the waters of Mozambique's southern province of Inhambane.

The largest item is a triangular shaped piece which is red and white on one side and metallic on the other. 

The parts of the plane have the hallmarks of a Malaysian Airlines jet. Here Joao de Abreu, president of Mozambique Civil Aviation Authority presents the piece 

The parts of the plane have the hallmarks of a Malaysian Airlines jet. Here Joao de Abreu, president of Mozambique Civil Aviation Authority presents the piece 

The piece of debris is suspected to be from the missing the plane. It bares the red and white pattern synonymous with Malaysia Airlines 

The piece of debris is suspected to be from the missing the plane. It bares the red and white pattern synonymous with Malaysia Airlines 

The remains will be sent to Malaysia for further examination in the coming weeks. How the plane fell into the sea is still unknown 

The remains will be sent to Malaysia for further examination in the coming weeks. How the plane fell into the sea is still unknown 

Joao de Abreu, director of Mozambique's aviation authority said it was the first time a suspected coloured piece of the plane had been found.

At a news conference, he said the piece could be 'an aileron, a flap,(or) an elevator.'

On the inside, 'we can see a label which will make it much easier to identify which aircraft it belongs to,' he said.

The other two pieces are smaller and were picked up by the son of a European Union diplomat near the southern resort of Xai Xai and handed to the authorities last month, he said, giving no further details.

The items will be sent to Malaysia for examination.

Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 vanished in March 2014 with 239 people onboard as it was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Australia, which is leading the search, has determined that the five pieces of debris examined so far -- found in Mozambique, South Africa and Mauritius -- almost certainly came from the plane.

The first debris linked to MH370 -- a two-metre-long (almost seven-foot) wing part known as a flaperon -- washed up on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion a year ago. 

The discoveries were made in August but the pieces were revealed to the public on Monday. The plane vanished in 2014 and only a small number of parts have been found in the Indian Ocean since 

The discoveries were made in August but the pieces were revealed to the public on Monday. The plane vanished in 2014 and only a small number of parts have been found in the Indian Ocean since 

Ill fated: Just four months after the MH370 vanished a Malaysia Airlines flight on route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam was shot down over Ukraine by a missile 

Ill fated: Just four months after the MH370 vanished a Malaysia Airlines flight on route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam was shot down over Ukraine by a missile 

The flaperon, from a wing, that was found on La Reunion could bare clues as to where the plane fell, and pointers to the crucial black box, due to the barnacles growing on the piece of debris. 

Australian National University's Professor Patrick De Deckker was given part of a barnacle shell from one of the plane's flaperons to study and found it had started growing warm waters.

He told Daily Mail Australia the majority of its growing life occurred in colder waters, likely at the latitude of Perth.

During the final stages of its life, it grew again in warmer waters.  

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