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MH370: Reunion wing debris 'certainly' from missing flight | MH370: Reunion wing debris 'certainly' from missing flight |
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French prosecutors have said they believe "with certainty" that a wing part found on Reunion Island in July came from missing flight MH370. | French prosecutors have said they believe "with certainty" that a wing part found on Reunion Island in July came from missing flight MH370. |
The wing section, known as a flaperon, had been examined in France by international aviation experts. | |
French authorities launched searches on and around Reunion for more debris after the flaperon was discovered. | French authorities launched searches on and around Reunion for more debris after the flaperon was discovered. |
The Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people veered off its course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014. | The Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people veered off its course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014. |
The Malaysian government had previously said it believed that the flaperon belonged to MH370. | |
Prosecutors in Paris, who had until now been more cautious on the provenance of the debris, said a technician from Airbus Defense and Space (ADS-SAU) in Spain, which had made the part for Boeing, had formally identified one of three numbers found on the flaperon as being from MH370. | |
The families of those aboard - who were mostly Chinese - have been angered by the apparent discrepancies in statements by French and Malaysian officials, and have accused the authorities of hiding the truth. |