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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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been co-ordinating the deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is believed to have gone down, thousands of miles east of Reunion. | |
| Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that the search would continue as "we owe it to the hundreds of millions of people who use our skies". |