The small pre-moistened paper towel that was in a Malaysia Airlines sealed packet has been sent to Canberra for testing and verification after being found by a couple walking along a beach in Cervantes in July, Nine News reported.
The pair who discovered the packet said it was ‘unopened, which was very unusual’.
The plane dropped off the civilian radar after its transponder and other equipment were switched off shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur. It was then tracked by Malaysia’s military radar heading towards the Indian Ocean.
It is thought to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia.
A recent 584-page interim report by Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation has raised concerns about Malaysia Airlines’ handling of the disappearance.