Has MH370 or any debris from the plane ever been found?

Netflix has dropped a new docuseries that explores what it calls the “great modern mystery” of a commercial aircraft that vanished mid-flight. In March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China.

The plane deviated from its planned route and is thought to have crashed somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Now on the ninth anniversary of its disappearance, Netflix’s MH370: The Plane That Disappeared recalls the tragic event and explores some of the theories about what happened.

Officials have said that it will never be truly known what happened to Flight MH370 and its more than 200 passengers unless the plane’s black box flight recorder is recovered. But has MH370 or any debris from the plane ever been found?

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The wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has never been found, despite a lengthy and costly search involving governments and private contractors. Between July 2015 and October 2017, 20 pieces of debris believed to be from MH370 had been recovered from beaches in the western Indian Ocean – on islands and on the coast of Africa.

The first item to be confirmed as originating from the plane was the right flaperon – a part of the aircraft’s wing. It was found in July 2015 washed up on the French island of Réunion in the western Indian Ocean, 2,500 miles west of the underwater search area.

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Officials announced in September 2015 that serial numbers found inside the flaperon confirmed it originated from