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Wreckage found at Reunion belongs to missing Boeing
Malaysian authorities have said that a fragment of the fuselage found on the coast of Reunion Island belongs to Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, which went missing in March 2014.
The belonging of the wreckage, said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in a special televised address, was confirmed by the examination.
"International experts have conclusively determined that the fragment found in Reunion belongs to flight MH370," the prime minister said.
- A fragment of an aircraft wing was discovered on July 29 off the coast of Reunion Island. The serial number on the found fragment matched the technical specifications of the Boeing 777.
- Flight MH370 is the only Boeing 777 to lose contact while flying over water. However, in order to finally establish the ownership of the discovered fragment, it was sent for examination to Toulouse in France, whose overseas territory is Reunion Island.
- It was reported that on the coast of Reunion, in the area where the wing fragment was found, other things were found that could have been on board the missing plane - a suitcase and water bottles with inscriptions in Malay. The identity of these items has not been established.
- A Boeing 777 carrying 239 people went missing on March 8, 2014 over the South China Sea while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.