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Malaysian Prime Minister confirms: 239 people aboard. have led the search for the aircraft,
The part would be the first piece said on March 24, 2014, that the flight
DEBRIS is from of physical evidence recovered ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
from the Malaysian jetliner. “We now have physical evidence...” his
MH370 “The plane’s disappearance was statement read.
without precedent,” Razak said
A PIECE of debris found on a French conclusively. in a written statement released The news “confirms the sad truth that
beach in the Indian Ocean is indeed Razak said the design of the plane after his brief announcement. the plane ended up in the water with
part of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight part known as a flaperon matches a “At every stage, we followed all of its passengers and crew and that
370, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Boeing 777, and the characteristics the tiny amount of evidence there were no survivors, and that’s
Razak said. of the flaperon match the technical that existed. But, despite the the fundamental truth of today,” said
specifications provided by Malaysia efforts of 26 nations and the Peter Goelz, an aviation analyst. “The
A French prosecutor involved in a Airlines for that part. largest search in aviation confirmation on how it went down is
criminal investigation in connection The barnacle-encrusted plane part history, from the South China still many months away. This is a very
with the plane’s disappearance used washed up July 29 on the island, in Sea to the Indian Ocean, the difficult investigation. It’s going to
less definite language, saying there the western Indian Ocean. plane could not be located.” continue to be one.”
were “very strong presumptions” that On Wednesday, investigators Malaysian authorities, who
the part belongs to the Boeing 777 that met at a specialized laboratory
disappeared nearly 17 months ago. near Toulouse, France, to begin
Paris Deputy Prosecutor Serge examining the part. Their work
Mackowiak told reporters Wednesday took hours, and Razak made the
that debris found on the island of announcement very early Thursday,
Reunion is very likely from MH370. Kuala Lumpur time, 515 days since
Mackowiak said additional testing is the flight bound for Beijing from the
needed to determine the part’s origin Malaysian capital disappeared with
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