AN aircraft wing fragment washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion came from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared more than a year ago with 239 people aboard, experts say.
Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak, said yesterday that “an international team of experts have conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed MH370”.
The barnacle-encrusted wing fragment was sent to France, where experts began examining it yesterday. Investigators will analyse the metal with high-powered microscopes to probe what caused the plane to go down. The Boeing 777 disappeared after veering far off its planned northerly course from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to Beijing. The first ever physical evidence of the aircraft was found on the Island, thousands of miles from the site near Australia where the plane is believed to have gone down. “The burden and uncertainty faced by the families during this time has been unspeakable. It is my hope that this confirmation, however tragic and painful, will at least bring certainty to the families and loved ones of the 239 people onboard MH370. They have our deepest sympathy and prayers,” Mr Najib said in Kuala Lumpur
