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Island because they dont trust the process. this as conflicting reports from malaysian and french authorities are adding to confusion about whether other parts of the plane have been found. tonight, french authorities on reunion island and nearby mauritius ramping up the search. planes and boats scouring the ocean and coastal areas for hours. this captain not downplaying how hard this search will be. >> it is very difficult to undertake a search for a small object from the air. >> reporter: in m...

But in the end, no one from the embassy showed up to meet with them. and another day ends with no new answers. at a news conference today, one official said the debris recovered in recent days is "not as obvious as the flaperon" and would require much more complex analysis. >> pamela brown, thanks so much. i want to bring in our aviation analyst, miles obrien, and peter goelz, a former ntsb managing director. if, peter, you were operating this search, what level of confidence would you have that...

The military police. >> reporter: but french authorities on reunion island tell cnn objects were collected but no one has determined if they are relevant. >> breaking down the tug of war here, it appears the additional debris is still on reunion island. i dont think malaysia can say that is definitely even from an aircraft, much less flight 370. but i think the flaperon, malaysians are correct, theres very little doubt thats from anything else. >> reporter: and frustration is growing in beijing ...

Want to get embarrassed by being behind in the investigation. they were very resoundingly criticized early on in the crash investigation and i think theyre trying to stay out front. france, because there were four french individuals on board and because the parts washed up on french territory they are taking command as they have a right to do of what they call the criminal investigation, assuming some criminal activity took place. so i think it is a power struggle. in the end, the entity who is ...

Reunion island. thats where the search for debris for missing malaysia airlines flight 370 is now concentrated in some part. youre looking at the only close-up image we have thats been sent in of this object of interest. you can see its a twisted piece of metal here. cnn is following this for us on reunion island. what are you hearing about this piece, whats happening to it now and what happens next? >> reporter: well, it was found on a beach not far from here about 13 miles away from where the ...

A lot of forensic expertise that can look into and confirm whether this potentially did come from mh370. now, of course there was another piece that was delivered to france as well yesterday. that is a piece believed to be a piece of suitcase. that was delivered to a lab in paris or just outside. its run by the national police. its the criminal research institute. thats being analyzed as well. this morning in an interview with the australia press, the deputy prime minister has said that it doesn...

For further analysis. but at the moment refusing to comment, refusing to speculate if it is tied to mh370. >> thank you, aerin. lets bring in david gallow. david, first good to have you. second, now that there are these objects watching up, first the flaperon, now confirmed being part of a triple 7. this object of interest, do you expect this will shift the search area? so far theyve been waiting for things to wash up. will they become more proactive around this island? >> there are two differ...

Up. quite amazing. cnn is ahead of the game. >> this incident over the last 17 months that there has been no debris, now the confirmation that the flaperon was from a triple 7. weve heard from sources from the investigative side that they identified that this was likely part of a triple 7. but when you get to small parts like this object of interest, how complicated is the confirmation that this is part of a triple 7? id imagine that many of these parts are used in many different models. >> not ...

Aircra aircraft. this is the flaperon. that idea is coming from french authorities. mh370 disappeared 17 months ago and was a triple 7 aircraft. the debris arrived yesterday in toulouse. you see it here under police guard. we are covering both of these developments this morning. weve got erin mcloughlin on reunion island. tell us about that metal object of interest. >> reporter: good morning, victor. it was found on a beach not far from here, about 11 and a half miles from where they picked up t...

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...