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Island because they don't 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 malaysia, the transport minister doubling down, telling cnn his teams have not only confirmed the wi...

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 o'brien, and peter goelz, a former ntsb managing director. if, peter, you were operating this search, what level of confidence would you have that you're going to find more debris? >> i would have not a lot of confidence. >> really. >> to be hon...

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 don't think malaysia can say that is definitely even from an aircraft, much less flight 370. but i think the flaperon, malaysians are correct, there's very little doubt that's from anything else. >> reporter: and frustration is growing in beijing where chinese relatives of those on board are demanding answers. some crawling on hands and knees...

Want to get embarrassed by being behind in the investigation. they were very resoundingly criticized early on in the crash investigation and i think they're 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 going to determine whether or not this is part of the 777 is going to be boeing. boeing are the one...

Reunion island. that's where the search for debris for missing malaysia airlines flight 370 is now concentrated in some part. you're looking at the only close-up image we have that's been sent in of this object of interest. you can see it's a twisted piece of metal here. cnn is following this for us on reunion island. what are you hearing about this piece, what's 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 what has now been confirmed by malaysian authorities was a flaperon was found. some eight polic...