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Could most definitely move the debris thousands of miles from where they believe the flight went down. sources confirm that the part number spotted on the wreckage is from a boeing 777 and mh-370 is the only missing 777 in the world. the initial debris, a wing flap and a suitcase are now heading to a facility in france. the same one that analyzed the wreckage after air france flight 447 back in 2009. the debris is now expected to arrive at the lab tomorrow. some experts speculate that the flight was intentionally crashed. nbc's tom castillo is following the investigation from washington. tom, ...

>> there have been six major crashes over the past decade where weather conditions played a big role. in 2005, two separate planes crashed during landing during a severe hailstorm. in july of this year, a transasia airplane crashed in taiwan killing dozens during an emergency landing in bad weather. four of those flights crashed during takeoff and landing. the most risky part of flying, but two other crashes, airfrance flight 447 and flight 612 crashed in midair and most closely resemble what may have happened to -- maneuver past the storm in high altitude before it disappeared. in august of 2...

Flight that should have lasted just under two hours. the last communication was apparently when the pilot asked to avoid clouds by turping left and going higher. then a minute later, the plane was lost. terry -- is live from malaysia with the latest. >> yes, good evening, well, good morning here. >> so, tell me now as the search will resume, the reason it was called off was apparently due to bad weather. many are wondering why this flight was allowed to take off in the first place if there were surrounding thunderstorms and such tur lent air in the region. >> one of the questions is is just ho...

These planes accurate enough? >> yes, it is. this plane was also last serviced on november 16. so everything had been checked. everything was working. this part of the world is quite a modern plane, a very good, safe plane. air asia has a very good safety record. this is the first plane they've lost. everything seemed to be perfectly normal. >> all right, terry, live from malaysia malaysia, thank you very much for updating us. eric? >> well as you noticed, there were dense storm clouds in the area where the flight disappeared. thunderstorms totalled 50,000 feet. that's far above the operationa...