Plane wreckage washed up on a tiny Indian Ocean island will be sent to France for investigation
The debris, which is said to be from a Boeing 777, was found on French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on Wednesday. (Photo: BBC)
Saint-Andr, France: Plane wreckage washed up on a tiny Indian Ocean island will be sent to France for investigation, as hopes mounted on Thursday the mysterious object could unlock the riddle of missing flight MH370.
After a fruitless 16-month search for the Malaysia Airlines plane, the discovery of a piece of a plane wing offered up the bittersweet hope of closure to the families of 239 people who seemingly disappeared into thin air on the doomed flight.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the two-metre long piece of wreckage found on the French island of La Reunion was “very likely” from a Boeing 777, but it remained to be seen if it indeed came from MH370.
Meanwhile, EU said on Thursday it regretted as a “setback” a Russian veto of a UN resolution for a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for downing MH17 over Ukraine last year.
( Source : AFP )
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