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Malaysia's Prime Minister confirms that wreckage found on Reunion Island is from MH370

Benjamin ZhangAug 5, 2015, 23:24 IST

French gendarmes and police inspect a large piece of plane debris which was found on the beach in Saint-Andre, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, July 29, 2015.Reuters

The Malaysian Government has confirmed that the wreckage found on Reunion Island last week is from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

The search for the Malaysia jet has been focused on a 7.3-million-square-mile area in the southern Indian Ocean off the western coast of Australia.

Investigators believe the wreckage to be the "flaperon" from a Boeing 777's right wing.

"We now have physical evidence that flight MH370 tragically ended in the southern Indian Ocean," Razak said.

More to come.

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