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1st LD Writethru: Probably part of the missing MH370 debris found in La Reunion: report

Xinhua, July 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

A piece of plane debris was found on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on Wednesday, which is likely to be part of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared in March 2014, a regional media reported.

Citing Xavier Tytelman, an expert in aviation security IPR agency said "incredible similarities between a B777 flaperon (of the missing Boeing) and the debris found".

He also noted a reference on the wreckage - BB670 - which according to the expert "is not a plane's registration number, nor serial number. However... it's clear that this reference would allow a quick identification".

"In a few days, we will have a definitive answer," Tytelman said.

With the help of BEA investigation bureau, Air Transport Gendarmerie will identify the wreckage, which seemed to be part of a wing, the report added.

The flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200, disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew on board.

So far, the place has been found despite a massive surface and underwater hunt, in what has become one of the biggest mysteries in the aviation history. Endit