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Failed MH370 Search May Have Solved Mystery Of 19th-Century Shipwrecks

The search for the Malaysian Airlines flight — lost in 2014 with 239 passengers and crew — turned up two shipwrecks. Maritime historians think they've discovered the identities of the vessels.
One of the two wreck sites identified in 2015 during the extensive search for flight MH370.

The failed to find Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished without a trace in 2014, but it may have solved the mysterious fate of two 19-century sailing ships.

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