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Begin an examination of a wing flap which washed up on a remote island in the indian ocean. investigators already know the wreckage is from a boeing 777. next hopefully will come confirmation if it came from the missing airliner mh370. anna coren joins us live from hong kong with the details. it is interesting, anna, the french asked an australian expert to take part in the examination. why is that? >> reporter: look, john, the australians have been in charge of the search for mh370 since the very beginning. when the plane disappeared in march of last year with 239 people on board. it was shor...

That wing part the tears, rips and see if there's anything that could indicate the speed that the aircraft was doing when it hit the water. has it disentegrated completely because it went in like that or is it perhaps in tact because it went in that sort of direction and the flap came off and remained intact. there's also some biology involved in this. there were barnacles or shells on that piece of wing flap. they will be using techniques to work out the temperature of the water and the chemical conditions of the water. that might pinpoint more closely where the aircraft is. one expert told u...

Aircraft debris found on reunion island is indeed from mh-370. >> this marks the biggest development yet since the plane's disappearance. moments ago investigators in france detailed how they came to their conclusion. >> we were able to compare the debr debris, so the debris from what we had found as well as a wing flap from that specific plane. so these very strong presumptions can be confirmed by additional experts tomorrow. >> joining me now is security expert and former commercial pilate anthony roman and safety analyst and former ntsb investigator greg faith. thank you for joining us.

Ma lay sha airlines communicated with us based upon various elements from this mh-370 flight so basically we were able to compare the debris so the debris from what we had found as well as a wing flap from that specific plane. so these very strong presumptions can be confirmed by additional experts tomorrow. from various departments that are very technical so tonight i can't tell you specifically when all of these results will be communicated to you all. but all i can say is all of our experts are working as expeditiously as possible to

Rainfall. >> we'll watch that closely. see you again soon. we want to update you on another big story today. within hours from now, aviation experts in france will begin analyzing a wing flap which washed up on a remote island last week. they will determine if it is in fact part of the missing malaysian airlines flight 370. investigators have confirmed the wreckage is from a boeing 777 and mh370 is the only missing 777 on this side of the world. it is possible the debris from the search area could have drifted to the island. anna coren joins us live with more on all of this. and we should no...