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MH370: Reunion debris is from missing plane | |
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Part of the aircraft wing found on Reunion island is from the missing MH370 plane, Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has confirmed. | |
Mr Razak said international experts examining the debris in France had "conclusively confirmed" it was from the aircraft. | |
The Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people veered off course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014. | |
The debris was examined at an aeronautical test centre near Toulouse. | |
It was found on the remote French Indian Ocean island of Reunion a week ago. | |
In a statement, Mr Razak said the "the burden and uncertainty faced by the families" in the 515 days since the aircraft disappeared had been "unspeakable". | |
"We now have physical evidence that flight MH370 tragically ended in the southern Indian Ocean," he added. |