Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has confirmed that the debris or part of the aircraft wing found on Reunion Island is from the missing MH370 plane.
“It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that an international team of experts has conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris is indeed MH370,” Mr Najib told reporters in Kuala Lumpur. “We now have physical evidence that flight MH370 tragically ended in the southern Indian Ocean,” he added. Mr Najib said he hoped the discovery “will at least bring certainty to the families” of the victims, saying the burden they had faced was “unspeakable”. Mr Najib said 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 and is believed to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. The debris was found on the remote French Indian Ocean island a week ago and was taken to Toulouse for testing. French prosecutor Serge Mackowiak said initial tests showed there were “very strong indications” that it was from flight MH370.
Investigators will try to do further tests on the fragment as soon as possible in order to provide total and reliable information to the family of victims, Mr Mackowiak added……
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