Malaysian officials have said the latest piece of 'debris' found on the tiny Indian Ocean island where a Boeing 777 wing flap was washed up is nothing more than part of an ordinary ladder.
Police had taken the unusual piece of metal from a Reunion beach this morning, thinking it may have been part of a door from the missing Malaysian Airways plane.
A wing flap, thought to belong to the aircraft, was found on the island's shore on Wednesday, and has been flown to France for analysis.
Malaysian director general of civil aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman - who is leading the investigation in France - has dismissed all speculation over today's finds.
'I read all over media it (the new debris) was part of a door. But I checked with the Civil Aviation Authority, and people on the ground in Reunion, and it was just a domestic ladder,' he said.
However, all the authorities who have inspected the wing flap - including the French, aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) - have confirmed the part was from a Boeing 777.
MH370 is the only missing 777 in the world.
02/08/15 Flora Dury and Stephane Linning/Mail Online
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Police had taken the unusual piece of metal from a Reunion beach this morning, thinking it may have been part of a door from the missing Malaysian Airways plane.
A wing flap, thought to belong to the aircraft, was found on the island's shore on Wednesday, and has been flown to France for analysis.
Malaysian director general of civil aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman - who is leading the investigation in France - has dismissed all speculation over today's finds.
'I read all over media it (the new debris) was part of a door. But I checked with the Civil Aviation Authority, and people on the ground in Reunion, and it was just a domestic ladder,' he said.
However, all the authorities who have inspected the wing flap - including the French, aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) - have confirmed the part was from a Boeing 777.
MH370 is the only missing 777 in the world.
02/08/15 Flora Dury and Stephane Linning/Mail Online
