A picture made available 30 July 2015 shows officers carrying pieces of debris from an unidentified aircraft apparently washed ashore in Saint-Andre de la Reunion, eastern La Reunion island, France, 29 July 2015. EPA
PARIS - Five days after the discovery of a Boeing 777 wing fragment on La Reunion island, French and Malaysian aviation experts will meet together with police and magistrates in Paris Monday to coordinate their work in the investigation into the disappearance of Flight MH370.
It comes after a fevered hunt for more possible wreckage on La Reunion island turned up no new clues Sunday, with authorities saying that metallic debris found by locals did not come from an aircraft.
A Malaysian delegation headed by the director general of civil aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman and representatives from Malaysia Airlines and judicial officials will meet Monday in a chamber of the three French magistrates assigned to the case.
Investigators from the research section of France’s Air Transport Gendarmerie and representatives of the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) will also be present to take stock of findings and coordinate on the broader investigation.
The flaperon is being examined in a military laboratory in the southwestern French city of Toulouse that specialises in plane crash investigations, with results expected from Wednesday afternoon.
The conclusion should determine if it is a piece of the Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which disappeared mysteriously March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board -- and possibly provide some clues to one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.
Malaysian officials have confirmed it is part of a Boeing 777, making it virtually certain to be part of the missing plane as MH370 is the only Boeing 777 to be lost at sea. - AFP
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