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Malaysia, which asked for assistance from France in its search for more debris on Reunion Island, also appealed to the governments of Mauritius, about 140 miles northeast of Reunion, and Madagascar, to help widen the search.

The company, which Berkshire Hathaway purchased for $37 billion in a transaction confirmed this morning, employs more than 2,900 people in the metro region.

“This means we have to reload over the next 12 months or so… but we will be buying a few small things in the next six months”, he said.

It was found on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion and returned to the French mainland.

“Malaysia Airlines would like to sincerely convey our deepest sorrow to the families and friends of the passengers onboard Flight MH370 on the news that the flaperon found on Reunion Island on 29 July was indeed from Flight MH370“, the airline said in a statement...

Air safety investigators, including one from Boeing, have identified the component as a flaperon from the trailing edge of a Boeing 777 wing, a U.S. official said.

Local authorities on the French island also said they would begin a thorough search starting Monday.

“Why the hell do you have one confirm and one not?” asked Sara Weeks of Christchurch, New Zealand.

The French decision to devote additional planes, helicopters, patrol boats and personnel to the area came as Malaysia also appealed to the governments of Mauritius and Madagascar east of Reunion to help widen the search area.

A PIECE of debris which experts believe may have belonged to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has arrived in France for testing.

The transport minister also said investigators found further suspicious debris on the beaches of Reunion including what seemed to be a plane window and an aluminium foil.

Malaysian officials said they are reaching out to authorities in territories near Reunion Island to allow experts to conduct more substantive analysis should more debris surface.

Experts believed that the wreckage came from the Boeing 777, arguing that the code “657 BB” appearing in the debris picture corresponds to a manual code in the aircraft.

Technical experts, including from US aerospace giant Boeing, are due to begin today examining the debris in France to determine conclusively whether it belonged to the flight and new evidence could help Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) narrow down the...

With the part established as belonging to a Boeing 777, the same model as Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, investigators at the specialized center Direction Generale de l’Armement Techniques Aeronautiques will be focused on linking the wreckage to the doomed aircraft.