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A U.S. official says air safety investigators have a "high degree of confidence" that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year.
The official says investigators — including a Boeing air safety investigator — have identified the component as a "flaperon" from the trailing edge of a 777 wing.
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A French official close to the investigation confirmed Wednesday that French law enforcement is on site to examine a piece of airplane wing found on the French island of Reunion, in the western Indian Ocean. The U.S. and French officials spoke on condition that they not be named because they aren't authorized to speak publicly.
At the United Nations, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told reporters that he has sent a team to verify the identity of the plane wreckage.
"Whatever wreckage found needs to be further verified before we can ever confirm that it is belonged to MH370," he said. "So we dispatched a team to investigate on this issue."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Experts are analyzing a piece of a wing discovered Wednesday to determine whether it belongs to Flight MH370 Malaysia Airlines which was reported missing in March 2014.
The debris was reportedly found by coastal workers off Reunion Island, located in the western region of the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. Initial information indicates that it is a wing flap and has been in the water for a long time and has collected sea life.
