MH370 A large piece of aircraft debris found in Tanzania has been brought to Canberra for examination to determine whether it is from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

This was confirmed by Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) in a joint media release today.

The statement said the debris, likely to be a wing flap, was found by the local people on Pemba Island, just off the coast of Tanzania, on June 23.

"Malaysia and Australia have worked with Tanzanian officials to assume responsibility for the wing flap," it said.

The statement said technical specialists from ATSB were working with Malaysian investigators to determine if it was from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, MH370.

To date, ATSB has examined four pieces of debris on behalf of Malaysia and determined them to be almost certainly from MH370.

"This is in addition to the flaperon found on La Reunion Island on July 29 last year and positively identified by French officials as originating from flight MH370," it added.

The statement said ministers from Malaysia, Australia and China would meet on July 21 and 22 to discuss a range of matters related to the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

Flight MH370, carrying 239 passengers and crew, disappeared shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing on March 8, 2014.

- Bernama