Officials from Boeing on Wednesday thought debris found in the Indian Ocean was consistent in appearance with a Boeing 777, the type of plane flown by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared in March 2014, according to U.S. media report.
A U.S. official said Wednesday air safety investigators have a "high degree of confidence" that aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the Associated Press reported.
Air safety investigators --one of them a Boeing investigator --have identified the component as a "flaperon" from the trailing edge of a 777 wing, according to the AP report.
A piece of plane debris was found on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on Wednesday, which is likely to be part of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared in March 2014, a regional media reported.
Citing Xavier Tytelman, an expert in aviation security IPR agency said "incredible similarities between a B777 flaperon (of the missing Boeing) and the debris found."
He also noted a reference on the wreckage - BB670 - which according to the expert "is not a plane's registration number, nor serial number. However... it's clear that this reference would allow a quick identification".
"In a few days, we will have a definitive answer," Tytelman said.
With the help of BEA investigation bureau, Air Transport Gendarmerie will identify the wreckage, which seemed to be part of a wing, the report added.
The flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200, disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew on board.
So far, the plane has not been found despite a massive surface and underwater hunt, in what has become one of the biggest mysteries in the aviation history.
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Probably part of the missing MH370 debris found in La Reunion: report
A piece of plane debris was found on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on Wednesday, which is likely to be part of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared in March 2014, a regional media reported.
Citing Xavier Tytelman, an expert in aviation security IPR agency said "incredible similarities between a B777 flaperon (of the missing Boeing) and the debris found".
He also noted a reference on the wreckage - BB670 - which according to the expert "is not a plane's registration number, nor serial number. However... it's clear that this reference would allow a quick identification".
"In a few days, we will have a definitive answer," Tytelman said.
With the help of BEA investigation bureau, Air Transport Gendarmerie will identify the wreckage, which seemed to be part of a wing, the report added.
The flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200, disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew on board.
So far, the place has been found despite a massive surface and underwater hunt, in what has become one of the biggest mysteries in the aviation history.
