As the search continues for missing parts of fallen flight MH370, another piece of debris has been found.

The part is suspected to belong to a wing flaperon, but has not yet been confirmed as belonging to a Boeing 777 let alone Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

The flight became aviation’s greatest unsolved mystery when it went down shortly after takeoff during a routine commercial flight from Kualar Lumpur to Beijing last year.

Local media reported the new flaperon piece measured five to seven inches long and was found on the beach in a private resort.

As news of the find hit the media, three separate islands in the Maldives also claimed new debris discoveries, reported The Telegraph.

Police officers from Saint-Benoit’s gendarmerie look for debris on a beach in Sainte-Marie de la Reunion on August 8. Photo: Getty

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Reports from the islands – two in Baa Atoll and one in Noonu Atoll – have suggested the alleged debris may in fact be rubbish from nearby construction sites.

“Aircraft parts are made of carbon fibre composite material,” said an aeronautical engineer in local newspaper Haveeru.

“The debris found in those islands do not appear to be made from such material.”

The search for MH370 debris went into overdrive last week when a piece of debris found on Reunion Island beach was confirmed as belonging to the missing flight.

New potential debris has been reported almost daily as local residents take to the beaches, hoping to uncover the next piece of the as-yet unsolved aviation puzzle.

Following the confirmation, Australian aviation expert Neil Hansford questioned whether a continued search was worthwhile.

“We know it’s in the Indian Ocean now, isn’t it time to say ‘enough is enough’?”

“The only thing that’s going to prove what really happened on that flight is the black box and that could be six kilometres under water.”

Mr Hansford was also critical of China’s reluctance to contribute at all financially to the search, and Malaysia’s reluctance to meet Australia’s contribution.