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A Malaysian team have brought back two tiny objects from the Maldives to verify if they are debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 aircraft, Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said Sunday.

His suggestion that it’s possible for a plane of that size to float for a while before sinking was proved by US Airways Flight 1549 that landed on the Hudson River in 2009, and remained above water for long enough for all 155 passengers and crew aboard to be evacuated.

Investigators in France weren’t so sure quite yet.

But Martin Dolan, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), the agency leading the search, said that the ATSB was working on the assumption that the wing part was linked to MH370. Family members in China say they want to be taken to the island of Reunion.

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.

Last week Malaysia said a wing fragment found 2,000 miles away on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion was confirmed to be from the Malaysia Airlines flight.

Relatives of passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 argue with police officers after the relatives tried to push through a police line outside the Malaysian embassy in Beijing on Friday.

“It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that an global team of experts has conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370″, Najib said. Last week, a piece of debris was found that was believed to be from a...

The hunt for potential parts linked to missing flight MH370, comes as Malaysian authorities confirmed that a wing section found on the French Indian Ocean island was part of the Boeing 777 that mysteriously vanished 17 months ago.

He said the search covers a 120 by 40 kilometre area over the south-eastern Indian Ocean.

Police carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft, now believed to be of flight MH370, in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015.

France is adding airplanes, helicopters and ships, including French Marine units, to its search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the government in Paris reported Friday.

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...

Mr Liow, who later specified he was referring to aircraft seat cushions and windows, said it remained to be seen whether the latest items found on the island were from the MH370.