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Aviation analyst mary sciav o. mary, first of all, obviously a healthy dose of skepticism and caution here because statements made by malaysian officials before have turned out to be sometimes confused or not factual at the end. but lets assume for a second that it is for real, that these pieces of degree are from mh-370. how would that help the investigation? >> it would help the investigation an all lot for many ways. first of all, it would reconfirm that the debris is arriving on reunion and ...

Experts starting to analyze the flaperon. the wing is almost certainly from mh 370 because its the on 777 to crash into the ocean. it will focus on more than just identifying the piece. they will be using technology that could show whether the plane crashed in the sea or broke up in flight. did it fall out, was the piece ripped off? what they wont be able to find is why the jumbo jet feared off course and disappeared from radar. its unclear how long their analysis will take. oceanographers are a...

At now versus analyzing 16 months ago and thats german wings. the conspiracy theories, did the captain, the crew deliberately fly into the ground. now, ive been in the aviation for 20 years and i found it really hard to get around that. crews -- really hard to get my mind around it. after german wings, not so. it leads credence to the fact its final resting place and why it happened. >> interesting that theory obviously speculated upon when it first happened and then that terrible tragedy with g...

Experts in toulouse, france starting to analyze the boeing 777 flaperon that was found last week on reunion island. the seven-foot section of the trailing edge of the wing is almost certainly from mh 370 because it is the only 777 to ever crash into the ocean. so the investigation will focus on more than just identifying the piece. experts will also be using state-of-the-art forensic technology that could show whether the plane crashed in the sea or broke up in flight. in other words, did it fal...

Ocean. >> leaves a wide ocean to keep looking. david soucie, the french prosecutor said they are examining the suitcase recovered on reunion island. theres skepticism around that debris. its very different from being part of a plane. how will they determine if a suitcase was, in fact, on that flight? >> well, they will be determining that it wasnt rather than it was. because its just -- it could be a suitcase from anywhere. the chances are, as david said, when things get disbursed, the reason th...

>> experts point to another mysterious case in that same region, the sinking of the australian worship, the "hmas sydney" it went down off the freemantle, australia, right off the -- right near super pers. now despite a massive search by the royal australian navy, there was no confirmed discovery from any of that vessels in the months and years after the disappearance, no bodies, nothing. search teams didnt find this wreck until 2008. asserts say a big ron for that is because the ocean currents ...

Investigators to confirm its from 370 but it would be almost impossible it not to be from 370 considering in the history of the 777 only one has crashed into the ocean and only one crashed in the southern hemisphere. on wednesday in toulouse france they will begin to investigate the flaperon and use state of the art technology to show whether the plane crashed in the sea or broke up in flight. what they wont be able to find the jumbo jet veered sharply off course. experts are also analyzing mode...

But from the marine life. now if the marine life was dead they wont be able to tell how long it had been on the beach but they can tell how long it had been in the water. those particular kind of barnacles, there are over 1,000 types of barnacles, but those are loose barnacles, at least that i can tell from the picture and they do you know they dont have to be in a particular part of the ocean. they have the ability to gather food from the ocean currents as they go along. they can tell that from...

Sang anxious for for an answer. thank you for that. lets bring in safety analyst, former faa accident investigator and author of "why planes crash" and author of special projects in massachusetts. david, to you first, why has it taken more than 18 months do you think for any piece of this plain if it is indeed from mh370 to be found? >> well randy, its a long way, its over thousands of miles. and the ocean currents even though they move steadily they move slowly and not always in a straight li...

Answers of why this happened can only be determined on the ground. >> cnn, los angeles. >> and weve more on the debris found on the coast of reunion island. meteorologist derek van dam joins us with more. derek, is it even feasible that mh370 debris could have traveled this far across the indian ocean? >> lynda, it is a reasonable question indeed. in fact we have to dig deep into this flaperon piece that they purportedly found, belonging to mh370. it is a device on the airplane that is highly bu...