The federal government has confirmed debris found in Mozambique is "highly likely" to have come from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Transport Minister Darren Chester on Thursday confirmed a Malaysian investigation team had found two pieces of debris that were consistent with panels from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft.
"The analysis has concluded the debris is almost certainly from MH370," Mr Chester said.
The two pieces of debris arrived in Canberra for testing on Sunday after they were found washed up on the coast of Mozambique.
It comes two years after the flight disappeared with 239 people on board, including six Australians.
Mr Chester said the location of the debris on the east coast of Africa was consistent with drift modelling performed by the CSIRO and affirmed search efforts being conducted in the southern Indian Ocean.
"There are 25,000 square kilometres of the underwater search area still to be searched.
"We are focused on completing this task and remain hopeful the aircraft will be found."
South African teenager Liam Lotter found one of the pieces, with "676EB" stamped on it, while on holiday in Mozambique with his family last December, but did not contact authorities until after a second piece of possible MH370 debris was found in early March.
The second piece, with the words "NO STEP" on it, was discovered by American lawyer Blaine Gibson, who has been self-funding his own private search for the plane.
So far only a piece of wing, known as a flaperon, discovered in July on the island of Reunion has been confirmed as being from the missing Boeing 777.
Towfish 'lost' again in search for MH370
An underwater sonar device, scouring the southern Indian Ocean floor for missing flight MH370, has been lost for a second time this year.
The "towfish" was lost on March 21 after a tow cable connecting it to the Dong Hai Jiu 101 search ship failed, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said in its weekly statement.
The Chinese-flagged ship is en route to Western Australia's Fremantle Port while a team assesses recovery options for the sonar device.
Another towfish was temporarily lost in January after it crashed into a 2200-metre mud volcano.
Wednesday's statement also confirmed possible aircraft debris - thought to be the cowling or the covering of its engine - has been found in South Africa.
The Malaysian Government is now working with South African officials to arrange for examination of the debris.
Meanwhile, two pieces of debris found in Mozambique arrived in Canberra for testing on Sunday.
The Boeing 777 went missing in March 2014 with 239 people on board.
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