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The wing flap found on one of the beaches in reunion belonged to a 777 boeing from malaysia airlines that disappeared in march 2014. >> australian officials just released this animation showing a drift analysis of how crash debris might have spread across the indian ocean over the course of the last 17 months. this evening the new york times reports a person involved in the investigation said that experts from boeing and the national transportation safety board who have seen the object were not ...

March last year flight mh370 tragically ended in the southern indian ocean. >> reporter: but the french prosecutor working on behalf of families of four french citizens was not ready to say for certain the piece of the wing called the flaperon found on reunion island belonged to mh370. >> translator: there is a very strong supposition that the flaperon actually does belong to the boeing 777 of mh370. >> reporter: theres more investigators hope to learn from the flaperon. we went to an aviation f...

Ocean, the same place that wing piece appeared last week, a malaysian government official saying that the pieces of airplane windows and seat cushions apparently as well as chunks of illuminum material has been found. the wings, the flaperon is being tested. australian investigators say theyre being cautious saying theres no early indication these new items absolutely came from that boeing 777. and so we wait and we wait. were still more than 500 days of waiting. and the people who are waiting a...

Analyst and larry koblinski is also with us to hopefully piece together this mystery and take us back to the crash site because effectively that seems to be the biggest question unanswered. mary, if i could start with you about this, what are the odds that this other material that is now appearing on these beaches comes from the same place that flaperon came from? >> we dont have any hard evidence yet. its 50/50, but the people who need to look at that are the people who need to look at the flap...

Of defense which is already running investigations on that flaperon identified late yesterday evening, carol, as part of mh-370. carol? >> sigh ma mow shin thanks so much. reporting live this morning. lets talk with cnn aviation analyst and former inspector general of the department of inspection mary skichiavo. good morning, mary. >> good morning. >> family members, they dont even believe that flaperon is the real deal even though malaysian authorities say it is. so should we believe them this ...

Slip into the bottom of the indian ocean in one piece. that we would know for absolutely certain that did not happen. and two, we can tell if the aircraft seats are part of the aircraft cushions because the interior of the plane, because its a pretty new one, a 777, has to meet flammability standards. so theyll be able to test the seat cushions to tell whether or not they are from the airplane to meet the u.s. federal standards. >> all right. in the interest of optimism getting answers for some ...

They said, look, weve got it. this is the piece from our plane. and yet the french, perhaps because they are prosecutors and may be dealing with millions and millions in liability so they need to cross every "t" and dot every "i," theyre not as convinced. with your background we have a serial number, we have matching paint, and a malaysian airline seal on this flaperon. is it really still in question? >> it is not and, frankly, it wasnt in question once boeing said it was a flaperon from a boein...

Lets get the latest from sunlen serfaty. >> i have here with me, this is a plane cushion from a boeing 777. its similar to mh370. as you can see here, each has a label with serial numbers, lists where it was made, when it was last inspected. we dont know the condition of these particular seat cushions that malaysians claim to have found, but if it is new debris and it is connected, it could help investigators with another piece to this puzzle. as investigators wrap up their second full day, toda...

From where experts think the 777 went down is conclusively a part from the wing of mh370. >> it is my hope that this confirmation, however tragic and painful, will at least bring certainty to the families and loved ones of the 239 people on board mh370. they have our deepest sympathy and prayers. >> reporter: officials in france where the part is being tested theyre not going as far as the malaysian prime minister did right there. nor are american or chinese officials, nor is the boeing company ...

Members and among them raising more questions and less closure for them, this could be leg legalese. this is the french prosecutor dealing with the manslaughter case. not deeply hurt by the planes disappearance. that could account for that. it doesnt help the families. there are more tests as you rightly say to be carried out today. the in depth tests. they did not go into detail, john, what about tests were conducted. they told us how they identified or strongly supposed as the french prosecuto...