Investigators for missing Malaysia flight meet in Paris

That is the second piece of airplane debris found in recent days on Réunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Madagascar.

More than 400 people attended the service at the church, which is close to the beach where the first piece of debris was discovered. “It is not a door”.

The island is about 3,500 miles southwest of Maylaysia and more than 2,000 miles from the vast area of the Indian Ocean where Flight 370 is suspected to have crashed.

“People are more vigilant”.

The Malaysian Airlines flight is the only case of a missing Boeing 777 in the world and Malaysian officials have said it is “highly likely” the wing part is from MH370.

“We have responded positively to a request from the government of Malaysia”, deputy prime minister Xavier-Luc Duval said.

Under a microscope and expert eyes, the fragment could yield clues not just to the missing aircraft’s path through the Indian Ocean, but also to what happened to the plane. “We are all convinced that it belongs to this flight (370)”, said aviation security expert Christophe Naudin on France’s BFM-TV.

Speculation on the cause of the plane’s disappearance has focused primarily on a possible mechanical or structural failure, a hijacking or terror plot, or rogue pilot action.

The development comes after a few locals on the island told media that they had seen what appeared to be a plane seat and luggage washed up on the beaches in May.

Ferrier said he burned the debris he found three months ago, as he does with all the rubbish that washes ashore.

Malaysia Airlines said on Sunday that it had been confirmed as being from a 777 plane.

Investigators are expected to begin their inquiry into whether it came from flight MH370 on Wednesday.

“This has been verified by French authorities together with aircraft manufacturer Boeing”, Tiong Lai said on Sunday, according to the BBC.

Search leader Martin Dolan, who is chief commissioner of the Australian Safety Bureau, says his team is working with experts to model drift patterns in the Indian Ocean.

If confirmed, the discovery could offers hope of an explanation to the families and loved ones of the 239 missing passengers and crew.