Malaysian Prime Minister: Found Wing Part "Conclusively Confirmed" to be From MH370

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When a piece of plane debris was found last week on a remote French island in the Indian Ocean, family members of Chinese passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 made it clear what they expected: Certainty. . .

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the wing part, known as a flaperon, has been “conclusively confirmed” to be from Flight 370. . .

Boeing officials have concluded that the part’s technical features — such as its color and the structure of its joints — confirm that it’s from a 777 aircraft, the same model as MH370, he said.

Drawing on documentation provided by Malaysia Airlines, the prosecutor said, experts also identified “common technical characteristics” between the flaperon found on Reunion and that of Flight 370. But he stopped short of making a definitive link.

The softer language used by the French prosecutor highlights the complex, multinational nature of the investigation into what happened to MH370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board. (Read more about the statement from the Malaysian Prime Minister HERE)