MH370 hunters head for Mossel Bay

Debris that might be part of a plane engine has been found near Mossel Bay in the Western Cape.

The airplane part will be checked to see if it came from the plane used by Malaysia Airlines for Flight 370‚ which vanished two years ago‚ Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told Associated Press on Tuesday.

"Based on early reports‚ there is a possibility of the piece originating from an inlet cowling of an aircraft engine‚" but further examination and analysis were needed to verify whether it belongs to Flight 370‚ he said in a statement.

Liow said a team would be dispatched to retrieve the debris.

The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared on March 8‚ 2014‚ with 239 people on board while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It remains one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation.

An Australian-led underwater search in the southern Indian Ocean‚ where the plane is believed to have crashed‚ has found no trace of it so far. A piece from one of the plane's wings was found washed ashore on France's Reunion Island last July.

Two more possible pieces of debris which were discovered recently in Mozambique are being examined by an international investigation team in Australia.

Investigators have said the search will end by June unless fresh clues are found.