Malaysia confirmed Tuesday that the piece of metal found washed up on a Nakhon Si Thammarat beach in Thailand last week was not from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which went missing almost two years ago.
The confirmation came a day after a Japanese rocket maker said the piece is likely part of a rocket launched by Japan.
Malaysian and Thai experts examined the debris and ascertained that the numbers engraved on the body, the wire bundle and the bolts do not match those of a Boeing 777, which Flight 370 was operating.