According to a hotel owner on the island the wreckage bore a design and looked like it was from the interior of the aircraft.

It was discovered by hotel guests on Rodrigues Island, about 350 miles east of the main island of Mauritius.

If confirmed, it would be the first piece of interior debris from the plane yet to be found.

MH370 disappeared in March 2014 while flying between Kuala Lumpur to Beijing - carrying 239 passengers and crew.

Despite an extensive search of the southern Indian Ocean, the plane and all aboard remain missing.

Australian Transport Minister Darren Chester said the debris, which was found last week, was an "item of interest".

Speaking to BBC News about the find, William Auguste, owner of the Mourouk Eboney hotel said: "For sure it looked like part of an aeroplane - it looks like it’s from the inside part of it."

"There was wallpaper inside of the plane, you can see this design and part of it is still there."

Last month Australia said debris found in Mozambique was "almost certainly from MH370"and in 2015 French authorities announced that a wing part found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion was from the plane.