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A photo shows a twisted piece of metal with chinese characters seem to be could be some sort of brand i branding signature on it. authorities looking at it. analyzing it. beyond that being very tight lipped. they re not speculating as to whether or not it could be a plane part or if it s, in fact, suspected of being a part of mh-370. we re noting this is a tiny island surrounded by a very big ocean. lots of plane debris out there. lots of room for false alarms. very good point to make. erin mclaughlin, we appreciate it. the investigation is focusing on the debris in toulouse, france. simon, we know that malaysia s transport ministry saying today this debris is, indeed, from a boeing 777. no questions? yeah, that s right. but everyone involved in this investigation and analysis have ....
U.s. intell intelligence suggested that someone someone in the cockpit, the plane part was found i should say someone in the cockpit deliberately caused the aircraft s movement to veer off course before it disappeared. les abend joins me now. this report from u.s. intelligence was prepared months ago. it just came to light this week. it wasn t meant to be made public. it also came to light around the same time this part was found, but they have nothing to do with one another. given that when you look at this it says that u.s. intelligence sources believe someone in the cockpit deliberately caused the plane to move off course. what it doesn t do is describe any motive and it doesn t say the plane was deliberately crashed. you say there is a parent difference. exactly. how did they know how do they we don t have the specifics of this information ....
Hour. among those analyzing the part, experts from boeing and also from the ntsb, they are all headed to france right now. many believe that the piece is the first real solid evidence from that flight that vanished nearly 17 months ago. experts believe the piece we re looking at is called a flaperon, and people cleaning the beach found it on the french controlled island of reunion. on the opposite side of the indian ocean where it was last known to be seen. they are going to be analyzing, expecting, taking apart this plane part. what do we know at this hour in terms of when we can expect to hear some of the test results? because i ve been hearing they weren t even really going to dig in, if you will, until wednesday. reporter: yeah, that s right, poppy. it may take quite some time until all of the officials that are flying in to france to take a look at this piece get together to look at it. ....
Maricious or rodriguez. there are small bits of land in a bunch of waters. there could be a lot of parts that have gone by and are now back into the circuit. i want to ask you real quickly. the fact that this much time has gone by, has this tragedy done anything to modify what is happening in the air right now if a plane would disappear again? in other words, have we learned anything from this so far even without determining whether this is the plane part? have we learned anything about how aviation works in making certain this doesn t happen again? we have certainly learned a lot of things. unfortunately, changes have not been made. first and foremost is the ability to track the plane through the automatic downloads of information. in other words, instead of looking for the black box when a plane goes down, the services that provide what s called system status updates as the plane is flying, they produce ....
Some word from france, some definitive word? reporter: right now, the potential plane part, rather, is expected to arrive in france. the analysis won t begin until wednesday. the authorities are meeting on monday and tuesday relevant authorities from all around the world. once they start that detailed analysis on wednesday, the lab that s analyzing this debris is very capable. high advanced technology. we can expect from there an answer, a definitive answer as to whether or not this particular piece of debris is, in fact, from mh-370 very shortly. randy? all right, erin, thank you very much for the update. let me turn to an expert on the ocean and its currents. david gallo is an oceanographer. so nice to see you again. if these parts are from mh-370, can we assume that other parts ....