Martin Dolan

Authorities hunting for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 said on July 31 they were "increasingly confident" that wreckage found on an Indian Ocean island was from the ill-fated jet, raising hopes of solving one of aviation's great mysteries.

Investigators looking into the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines plane are confident the jet was on autopilot when it crashed in a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean, Australian officials said June 26 as they announced the latest shift in the search for the doomed airliner.