A
piece of debris, believed to be the section of an aircraft wing, and
which could help discover the fate of missing Malaysian flight MH370,
has arrived in France.
The
wreckage, discovered on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, will
be delivered on Saturday to a military unit near the southwest city of
Toulouse which specialises in analysing aviation debris.
Experts
hope the barnacled 2 to 2.5 metres long wing surface, known as a
flaperon, as well as a fragment of luggage, could yield clues as to the
fate of the Malaysia Airlines flight which vanished without trace in
March 2014.
There
were 239 passengers and crew on board, and some families of the victims
are demanding further compensation from the airline.
Malaysian
Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told the Reuters news agency in Kuala
Lumpur on Saturday that additional Malaysian officials were headed to
Reunion, to look for more debris, and others would go to France.
“If the flaperon does belong to MH370 it is actually in accordance with the drift pattern seen in the Southern Indian Ocean.”
“But we do not want to speculate. We will wait for verification from the French authorities,” he said.