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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. ...

David, how soon could we see that preliminary report come out on whether this could be part of mh-370? >> george theyre going to be doing this by the book, methodically with all of these international partners involved. down that list. french americans, chinese, malaysians as well. all working together. they do not want to make a mistake. remember this is the only thing they have. the only piece of physical evidence in more than 500 days. so the next couple of days are about getting together fig...

Theyre going to do this in a very structured methodical, and sensitive way. fundamentally, this is a human tragedy and the families are counting on them to get it right. >> david, this investigation happening just outside toulouse france. but its calling in experts really from all over the world. >> thats right, george. theres something else that just came in the statement that i really wanted to let you know. the malaysians are now reaching out to other countries around reunion island so we cou...

Or should there be a concerted effort to look for more debris? it appears that that is what the malaysians doing there now, beginning to move in that direction. >> david, youve been on this story since the beginning we will stay in touch with you for your insights and reporting live in hong kong, thank you so much. again what we know at this hour is that piece is part of a boeing 777. this is according to malaysian officials. so if it is indeed part of mh-370 it would be the first physical piece...

While switching air space. the investigation has raised a lot of questions about how air traffic controllers communicate. david mulko takes a look at that story. >> reporter: cleared for takeoff. spoken hundreds of times a day. up in the control tower at hong kong international airport. as the plane climbs out, its handed from the tow to the air traffic control center. responsible not just for the space around the airport, but for the entire region. each colored strip, each dat on the screen a p...

Her parents say theyve already made preparations for their daughters burial as she begins her final journey home. >> translator: good-bye. good-bye, nisa. >> reporter: david mulko, surabaya, indonesia. well, the ceo of airasia tony fernandes tweeted about that flight attendant and said, im arriving in surabaya to take nisa home. i cannot describe how i feel. there are no words. just unbelievable pain for that family and all the other 162 families just in this agonizing wait to learn about thei...

How they feel. gary tuchman, cnn, surabaya, indonesia. >> and that was obviously our gary tuchman, not david mulko. cnn is gathering resources on ways to help the victims. for more on an emotional impact on tragedies like this, check out cnn.com/impact. well be right back. [ male ann] when john huntsman was diagnosed with cancer, he didnt just vow to beat it. i vowed to eradicate it from the earth. so he founded huntsman cancer institute. ♪ everything about it would be different. ♪ it would ...

Well, we know one of the bodies recovered so far out of the 30 bodies was a flight attendant who was on that doomed flight. heres more from david mulko. >> reporter: step by step, toward their final resting place, each bearing a number, each number a soul. casket four no longer nameless and identified as the first crew member of 8501, still wearing her uniform. her name nisa, as shes affectionately known by her family. >> reporter: shes an obedient daughter. shes always tidy. she loves to learn....