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| MH370 search: 'Second plane part' found on Reunion | MH370 search: 'Second plane part' found on Reunion |
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| A second piece of suspected plane debris has washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, after a wing part suspected to come from the missing flight MH370 was found on Wednesday. | A second piece of suspected plane debris has washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, after a wing part suspected to come from the missing flight MH370 was found on Wednesday. |
| The object, believed to be the door of an aircraft, was discovered just south of the city of St Denis. | The object, believed to be the door of an aircraft, was discovered just south of the city of St Denis. |
| It is said to have writing on it and possibly some illustration. | |
| The Malaysia Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared last March with 239 people on board. | The Malaysia Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared last March with 239 people on board. |
| The first piece of wreckage has gone to France, where investigators in the city of Toulouse will seek to establish if it came from MH370. | The first piece of wreckage has gone to France, where investigators in the city of Toulouse will seek to establish if it came from MH370. |
| It is believed to be a wing flap from a Boeing 777 - the same type of aircraft as the one that vanished. | It is believed to be a wing flap from a Boeing 777 - the same type of aircraft as the one that vanished. |
| Fragments of a suitcase found on the same beach in St Andre are also to be examined. | |
| Investigators will begin work this Wednesday. | Investigators will begin work this Wednesday. |
| An Australian-led search effort for the plane has been focused on a vast area of the southern Indian Ocean about 4,000km (2,500 miles) to the east of Reunion. | |
| Authorities believe MH370 veered off course on the way to Beijing and crashed into the sea - but they do not know why. | |
| Its estimated last location was based on "pings" sent from the aircraft that were detected by satellite. | |
| However, no physical trace has been found. |