New debris washed up on La Reunion coast: report

A piece of metal debris was found on Sunday in the northern coast of French overseas Island La Reunion where a wreckage, believed to be part of the missing Boeing 777 was washed up few days ago, according to local French media.

Gendrames took into custody the piece of metal as part of their investigation into the disappeared Flight MH370, the news channel BFMTV said, adding that nothing indicated that it was part of an aircraft.

A wreckage was found on Wednesday off the French overseas island. Experts identified it as a part of a plane wing known as a flaperon. A day after, a luggage bearing burnt patch and bottles were found also in the area.

Experts believed that the debris came from the Boeing 777, reportedly missing since 2014, arguing the code "657 BB" appearing in the debris picture corresponds to a manual code in the aircraft.

Earlier on Sunday, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said the flaperon has been officially identified as being part of a Boeing 777 aircraft.

The probable MH370 debris was transferred on Saturday to the southern city of Toulouse where experts from France, Malaysia and Australia will ascertain whether the debris came from the Boeing 777 or not.

According to Paris prosecutor, studies to identify the wreckage would start next Wednesday while the suitcase and bottles would be analyzed by experts from criminal research institute of the national gendarmerie (IRCGN) in Pontoise, Paris northern suburbs.

The flight, a Boeing 777-200, has disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with a total of 239 passengers on board, most of them Chinese.

So far, the plane has not been found despite a massive surface and underwater hunt, which has become one of the biggest mysteries in the aviation history. Endit