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MH 370 search: Debris found on island arrives in Paris

Paris, Aug 1: A piece of debris, expected to be part of missing MH 370 flight, found on Reunion Island arrived in Paris on Saturday.

The debris found on Franc's Reunion Island on Wednesday is believed to be part of wing of the ill fate MH 370, reported BBC.

Plane debris arrives in Paris

The debris will now be taken to a defence ministry laboratory in Toulouse for analysis.

The military laboratory is expected to verify the serial number of the object and conduct further tests. Fragments of a suitcase found on the same beach are also to be examined.

The Malaysia Airlines flight - a Boeing 777 flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing - vanished on March 8, 2014. There were 239 passengers and crew on board.

According to aviation experts, debris, found has resemblance to flaperon - a moving part of the wing surface - from a Boeing 777.

Earlier, Martin Dolan, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, said the agency was "increasingly confident that this debris is from MH370".

OneIndia news

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