A paper towel is being examined by experts after washing up on a beach in Western Australia over concerns it could be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The small, pre-moistened towel has been sent to the Aussie capital city of Canberra to be examined by experts after being found by a couple taking a stroll on the beach.
Nine News reports that the couple found it unopened, which they described as "very unusual".
The plane was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with more than 200 on board, but no trace of it has been found since it went missing last year.
The one-year anniversary of the plane's mysterious disappearance yesterday saw Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot admitting that the search may be scaled back.
He told the Canberra parliament: "I can’t promise the search will go on at this intensity forever, but we will continue our very best efforts to resolve this mystery and provide answers."
Australia is leading an international search team scouring the Indian Ocean, 1,000 miles off it’s west coast.
Mr Abbott said those with loved ones on board the Juala Lumour to Beijing flight had been through a "harrowing nightmare."
“I do reassure the families of our hope and expectation the ongoing search will succeed," he added.
The paper towel was found in July last year, but it has only just emerged that it was discovered.
Malaysian authorities are still hopeful the plane will be found.
Prime Minister Najib Razak said: "The lack of answers and definitive proof - such as aircraft wreckage - has made this more difficult to bear.
"Together with our international partners, we have followed the little evidence that exists.
Malaysia remains committed to the search, and hopeful that MH370 will be found."
The plane's disappearance has baffled the world's aviation experts, with theories ranging from alien abduction to a Russia hijack to it being shot down by Malaysia's military that failed to identify the plane.
