Reunion: Malaysia has asked the authorities in the islands surrounding Reunion to be vigilant for possible plane wreckage, as France confirmed that the object washed up on the Indian Ocean isle was from a Boeing 777.
Mauritius, which is some 140 miles from Reunion, has already ordered its coastguard plane to fly surveillance flights over the area, and their boats to be on the lookout.
Other islands in the region – Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles and Maldives – are expected to do the same.
“I urge all parties to allow this crucial investigation process to take its course,” said Liow Tiong Lai, Malaysia’s transport minister. “I reiterate this is for the sake of the next of kin of the loved ones of MH370 who would be anxiously awaiting news and have suffered much over this time.
“We will make an announcement once the verification process has been completed.”
Mr Liow said that the French-led team analysing the wing fragment – known as a "flaperon" – which was found on Reunion on Wednesday, have confirmed it is from a Boeing 777. MH370 is the only Boeing 777 to have crashed in the southern hemisphere.
French authorities are expected to announce on Wednesday whether the wing belonged to MH370, disappeared on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
02/07/15 Harriet Alexander/The Telegraph, UK
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Mauritius, which is some 140 miles from Reunion, has already ordered its coastguard plane to fly surveillance flights over the area, and their boats to be on the lookout.
Other islands in the region – Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles and Maldives – are expected to do the same.
“I urge all parties to allow this crucial investigation process to take its course,” said Liow Tiong Lai, Malaysia’s transport minister. “I reiterate this is for the sake of the next of kin of the loved ones of MH370 who would be anxiously awaiting news and have suffered much over this time.
“We will make an announcement once the verification process has been completed.”
Mr Liow said that the French-led team analysing the wing fragment – known as a "flaperon" – which was found on Reunion on Wednesday, have confirmed it is from a Boeing 777. MH370 is the only Boeing 777 to have crashed in the southern hemisphere.
French authorities are expected to announce on Wednesday whether the wing belonged to MH370, disappeared on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
02/07/15 Harriet Alexander/The Telegraph, UK
