PARIS: Debris believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is headed to France, where investigators hope sophisticated technology will help unravel the unprecedented mystery.
A team from Malaysia Airlines has already arrived in Toulouse and French officials say analysis of the part should begin on Wednesday.
The military laboratory is expected to verify the serial number of the object and conduct further tests. Fragments of a suitcase found on the same beach are also to be examined.
Aviation experts have said the debris looks like a wing component from a 777, known as a flaperon.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vanished without trace in March 2014.
There were 227 passengers on the flight, including 153 Chinese and 38 Malaysians.
Authorities believe the plane veered off course – for reasons unknown – and went down in the southern Indian Ocean. Its estimated last location was based on “pings” sent from the plane that were detected by satellite.
However, no physical evidence has been found and in January Malaysian authorities declared that all on board were presumed dead.
Australian officials and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak have said the location of the debris on Reunion was consistent with drift analysis provided to investigators.
AT 10 ON @MyTV38: This debris might help solve one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time. #WBZ #MH370 pic.twitter.com/FCtuboPisD
— Liam Martin (@LiamWBZ) July 30, 2015
