MH370 search: New debris found in Mauritius to be examined

A hotel owner on the island who saw the debris said it bore a design and looked like it was from the inside of a plane.

据看过残骸的一位当地酒店店主说道，残骸上有一些图案，并且看起来那块残骸是从一架飞机的内舱掉落出来的。

If confirmed, it would be the first piece of interior debris from the plane yet to be found.

如果这块残骸的身份得到确认，那么它将是迄今为止第一块被找到的MH370机身内部碎片。

MH370 disappeared in March 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carrying 239 passengers.

2014年3月，马航370在从吉隆坡到北京的航线上失去联系，失事时飞机上载有239名乘客。

Despite an extensive deep water search, led by Australia, the plane and all its passengers remain missing.

尽管此前开展了由澳大利亚牵头的大范围深水搜救工作，但失事客机和遇难乘客依然下落不明。

Australian Transport Minister Darren Chester said the debris, found last week, was an "item of interest".

澳大利亚交通运输部部长Darren Chester指出，上周在毛里求斯发现的飞机残骸是一个“意外收获”。

It was discovered by hotel guests on Rodrigues Island, about 560km (350 miles) east of the main island of Mauritius.

在距毛里求斯东边560公里（约合350英里）远的罗德格里斯岛上，一群酒店房客发现了这块飞机碎片。

"For sure it looked like part of an aeroplane - it looks like it’s from the inside part of it," said William Auguste, owner of the Mourouk Ebony hotel.

Mourouk Ebony酒店的店主William Auguste向记者说道：“那肯定是飞机的一部分。看起来好像是从飞机的内舱掉出来的。”

"There was wallpaper inside of the plane, you can see this design and part of it is still there."

“飞机的内舱贴有墙纸，在那块碎片上可以看到这些花纹，甚至还有一些墙纸仍然粘在上面。”

Last month Australia said debris found in Mozambique was "almost certainly from MH370" and in 2015 French authorities said a wing part found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion was part of the plane.

2015年，法国当局检测并判定在印度洋留尼旺岛上发现的机翼残骸的确属于马航370。而上个月，澳大利亚政府也表示在莫桑比克发现的这块碎片“肯定来自于马航370”。

The search has focused on the southern Indian Ocean.

此次马航370的搜寻工作重点集中在南印度洋。

More than 95,000 sq km of a 120,000 sq km area has now been examined, with the remainder set to be covered by June, when the search is scheduled to end.

预计一共有120000平方公里的搜寻范围，目前工作人员已经搜索了超过95000平方公里的海域。而到6月搜寻工作预定结束的时候，该片海域将会被全部搜索一遍。

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