Two pieces of aeroplane debris found in Mozambique will be sent to Australia to verify whether they belong to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
The parts were found separately, by a South African teenager on holiday and an American adventurer.
Malaysia's transport minister Liow Tiong Lai hosted a news conference in Kuala Lumpur this morning to outline the latest developments.
He said a Malaysian team is expected to return this week from South Africa with the part found by the teenager, Liam Lötter.
The 18-year-old and his family took the piece with them when they returned home to South Africa in December, but only recently alerted authorities.
Liam said he had been told the part was definitely from a Boeing and hoped it may provide closure for grieving families if shown to be from MH370, which vanished 8 March, 2014, with 239 people on board.
A second plane part was found by American adventurer Blaine Gibson last week.
Mr Gibson described how a boat operator had taken him to a sandbar named Paluma and he had discovered the debris with "NO STEP" written on it.
Mr Liow said that part was now in Malaysia for safekeeping.
He said both pieces will be sent to Australia to be examined by an international investigation team.
"We want to be transparent and accountable in our investigation as much as possible ... that is why we want (the parts) to be verified in Australia," Mr Liow said.
He added that a Malaysian team will be sent to Mozambique to comb its beaches for more possible debris.
He said French and Malaysian teams will work to verify another piece of plane debris recently recovered from Reunion Island.
"At this juncture, it has not been confirmed whether any of the recovered debris came from MH370," he said, urging the public to avoid speculation.
Mr Liow said if the Flight 370 links were confirmed, the locations where the pieces were found would be consistent with ocean drift models.
The search is expected to end by June for the plane, which was heading from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. A wing part found in Reunion last July is the only part so far confirmed from Flight 370.
