Plane debris believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was discovered by a blogger funding his own investigation into the aircraft's disappearance.
The object, thought to be part of the plane's horizontal stabilizer, was found on a sandbank in the Mozambique channel, which separates the African continent and Madagascar.
Blaine Alan Gibson, an American lawyer and blogger has been undertaking his own search travelling to remote islands in the Indian Ocean searching for any clues about MH370 since it disappeared in March 2014.
Plane debris believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was discovered by a blogger
The object, thought to be part of the plane's horizontal stabilizer (seen on the tail of this Boeing 777), was found on a sandbank in the Mozambique channel
Blaine Alan Gibson (pictured) has self-funded his own searching for missing aircraft
Chairman of the Institute of Civil Aviation of Mozambique, commander Joao de Abreu Martins, told CNN that Mr Gibson and a local fisherman had found the plane part.
Measuring 130 centimetres by 55 centimetres, the piece of metal is likely from a Boeing 777, according to officials.
'It never occurred to me that I would find something like this here. It's almost like a dream,' Mr Gibson told CNN.
'I don't know if it's from 370 or another plane. Whatever it is, even if it's not from 370, it raises awareness that people need to look for stuff on beaches,' he added.
The only other piece of debris confirmed to be from MH370, which went missing in March 2014, was found on an island on the other side of Madagascar in July.
The discovery is being analysed by investigators from Malaysia, Australia and the U.S., who say there is a 'good chance it derives from a Boeing 777,' NBC News reports.
Lawyer and blogger Blaine Alan Gibson and a local fisherman found the piece of metal
Measuring 130cm by 55cm, the piece of metal is likely from a Boeing 777, according to officials
The discovery is being analysed by investigators from Malaysia, Australia and the U.S
Early analysis indicates that the object could be a part of the missing Boeing 777's horizontal stabilizer, the reports states.
The news comes nearly two years to the day since the disappearance of the Malaysia Airline's flight, which vanished enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
Last July a two-metre-long wing part known as a flaperon washed up on a beach on the island of Reunion, located in the Indian Ocean, across Madagascar from where the latest debris was found.
French authorities subsequently confirmed 'with certainty' two months later than the wing part found on the remote island was from MH370.
Tests were carried out on the flaperon, which was found on La Reunion in July, by the French body responsible for civil aviation accident investigations.
The only other piece of debris confirmed to be from MH370, which went missing in March 2014, was found on an island on the other side of Madagascar in July (pictured)
Officers carrying pieces of debris washed ashore in Saint-Andre de la Reunion, eastern La Reunion island, which was later confirmed as being from MH370
The 6ft-long wing flap washed up 3,500 miles from the doomed jet's last-known location, fuelling hopes across the world that one of aviation's greatest mysteries could finally be solved.
Last month, a large chunk of metal found washed up on a Malaysian beach in the Gulf of Thailand was believed to be from MH370, but was soon dismissed as being from a Japanese rocket.
It was the second time January that Malaysian authorities dismissed speculation that wreckage from the jet had been found, after a similar piece of ocean debris recovered from a beach in Southern Thailand proved not to be from MH370.
The news comes nearly two years to the day since the disappearance of the Malaysia Airline's flight, which vanished enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
The search for MH370, being conducted in the southern Indian Ocean south west of Australia, is due to end in June this year.
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