Japanese rocket maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries says the large piece of debris that washed up in Thailand appears to be from one of its H-2 rockets, not a missing Malaysian airliner.

Monday’s briefing begins with an H-2 rocket fairing being mistaken for wreckage from the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.

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