MH370: Plane part arrives at France laboratory


A picture made available on July 30, 2015 shows a piece of debris believed to be from missing MAS flight MH370 washed ashore in Saint-Andre de la Reunion, eastern La Reunion island.

PARIS: A piece of Boeing 777 wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island and suspected to belong to missing flight MH370 arrived Saturday at a French laboratory for analysis.

If confirmed as being from the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight, the discovery would mark the first breakthrough in a case that has baffled aviation experts for 16 months.

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