Flight MH370 families urge Mauritians to be on alert for debris

Volunteers of the "3 E" (Eastern Environnement and Economy) search for more potential plane debris and items on the shore in Saint-Andre, Reunion Island, on July 31, 2015. (Photo: AFP)

Port Louis: Relatives of victims of a Malaysian Airlines flight that vanished in 2014 urged the people of Mauritius on Wednesday to be on lookout for plane debris that might wash ashore in the Indian Ocean island state and hand in anything to authorities.

Flight MH370, carrying 239 passengers and crew, disappeared on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, sparking an international search in the southern Indian Ocean that continues Wednesday.