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Two numbers have been taken from this part as well. that could potentially trace it to the aircraft it came from. and then they will see whether or not this was torn away from the rest of the aircraft midair or in the water. and they will take a look at whether an explosion was involved. these are all the details that the experts here will be looking into. cnn, in france. >> so now what happens with this investigation? les is a cnn aviation analyst and a boeing 777 captain. good to see you. so h...

Confirmed that it is from a 777 aircraft. but, christi, thats not to say that it is definitely from mh-370. and this is the lab that im at here in toulouse in the south of france. the dga. its run by the french minister of defense where those folsom arms that erin mentioned should be cleared. so theyve said that it is from a 777 aircraft. they havent said its from mh-370. what will happen now is members of the united states, ntsb, malaysian officials and were told now chinese officials, too, joi...

We need to tell you a new development in the search for potentially mh-370. possible new debris found on reunion island. this as the wing piece, the flaperon, found last week, is confirmed to be from a boeing 777. we have team coverage at the top of the hour for you. but next, a college basketball recruit, hes just 13 years old. recruited to college. is that too young? your comments, next. kaboom... get your credit swagger on. go to experian.com. become a member of experian credit tracker and ta...

Statement from the malaysia ministry of transport. on wednesday, investigators in france will try to determine if the debris is indeed part of that missing malaysia airlines flight. the piece thats called a flaperon arrived with a police escort to a lab near toulouse on saturday. the debris turned up this weekend on the shores of reunion, more than 2,000 miles away from the search zone. for more on the investigation, lets turn to our cnn correspondent david mulko live in hong kong at this hour. ...

>> its very significant indeed that the malaysians are now saying definitely it is from a 777. what we do know is what is missing is a identification plate thats adhered to the flaperon which links it directly to mh -- to an airline like malaysia airlines. thats missing. so the investigation thats going to be conducted in france in toulouse france this week is a forensic examination probably taking the flaperon to pieces to find batch numbers and serial numbers that will link this to a particula...

A photo shows a twisted piece of metal with chinese characters seem to be could be some sort of brand i branding signature on it. authorities looking at it. analyzing it. beyond that being very tight lipped. theyre not speculating as to whether or not it could be a plane part or if its, in fact, suspected of being a part of mh-370. were noting this is a tiny island surrounded by a very big ocean. lots of plane debris out there. lots of room for false alarms. >> very good point to make. erin mcla...

Debris which arose from that -- from the crash. so we would expect more debris to wash up here. but it assumes that there is a lot more debris which could wash up. because, you know its been a long time. some of the debris may have actually floated, but im not really sure how much debris is there to be watched onshore. >> do you feel encouraged by the discovery of this one piece of debris thats been confirmed to be of a boeing 777? >> i mean it gives us hope that we may find more. i mean our com...

Malaysian investigators. ma slay shah flight 370 was a boeing 777. they are working to definitively say that piece is part of that plane that disappeared 17 months ago. we are live where the piece arrived yesterday. im interested in the first thing that they will be looking for. >> reporter: well, hi, poppy. of course the primary concern here is to match, as you say, this what we know to be a flaperon from a 77 aircraft to mh-370. it may still not be. it depends which expert you really speak to ...

Once they actually go into the lab and begin to take a look at this george looking for two things one, can they tie it definitively to a 777. we know there a couple of numbers on this that officials believe, yes, that they can tie to a 777, the malaysians said were sure it is from a 777 as well. more significantly is there anything unique about it that can tie it to mh-370 a number on the inside a part a marking on it that might be found, maintenance record. all of this critical work george they...

A local government official on reunion island seth they may have found -- they have found, rather a metal object of interest on the beach. this is the same remote island in the indian ocean where a piece of wing was discovered just last week. so far, officials are not offering any more information on this new object that was found. the malaysian transport minister says the part that was found a few days ago is definitely from a boeing 777. that is the same type of plane that is used by malaysia ...