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The prime minister says it's very likely the object is from the same model as flight 370. let's bring in cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh who has been talking to boeing. what can you tell us? >> reporter: i can tell you, carol, at this hour the critical point that they really want to get to is to be able to say either a, this is from a boeing 777 flight mh-370 or it's not. they're not there just yet. we know the next step here is really scrutinizing this piece of this wing that's clearly from an aircraft. the fact that they do have a number on that portion of the wing that is crucial, tha...

So far their assessment has been based on photos, but it's not a matter of if, but when officials will get a closer look. tonight confidence is rising debris found on reunion island is that of a boeing 777, the same type of air krafl as malaysia airlines flight 370. a newspaper on the island publishing images of what it says with a debris with the component number stenciled on it. a source close to the investigation tells cnn boeing engineers have scrutinized photos and say there is a component number that that, quote, corresponds to a 777 part. >> there is a number on the parts, the 370 that ...

Professor with us. your first question about what you know of the piece is watt? >> the same question i had a year and a half ago. where is the airplane? it doesn't tell us where the plane originated from. with the waves and cycling it could be anywhere in the northern part of the ocean. >> you want the black box? >> i do. >> there is not a serial number but a maintenance number. what does that tell you? >> as the aircraft is maintained they put certain numbers on it. that might be inside the flapper as it is called. >> this is it. what does it do to a jet? >> it helps roll the jets into a tur...

Of the markings saying a possible maintenance number. wondering to you what stood out in what we just heard? >> it is interesting, errol. we are getting a lot of detail we weren't hearing before. we had a source saying that they believed that this piece was from a -- triple 7. we heard from a reporter on the ground. that there was a marking on it. a number look you said. what we are hearing from the deputy prime minister in australia -- the face of australia's effort in this. it is not a serial number. not a registration number. could be maintenance number. what this says is investigators and ...

Their background. once again black boxes, black boxes, black boxes. this will be solved by getting the flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder. we're a long way away, unless we're lucky to having that crucial piece of evidence in putting to rest what happened to m, h-370. >> talk about being lucky with the evidence, the type of debris that can go up at reunion island there. is there a chance some of this material has been lost or not recovered? >> first of all, the parts are -- the numbers are key. boeing -- the specialists pretty much know this piece came from that plane. the parts numbe...