The Malaysian team of experts will remain on Reunion Island until all investigations into the plane debris have been completed, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
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On Sunday, Malaysian authorities confirmed that an object discovered on the island that was suspected to be a part of a was the truth is a generic ladder with no hyperlinks to the Boeing 777. “I want to emphasise that is yet to verified and the verification will be done only on Wednesday”.
Worldwide media swoop on the beach in Saint-Denis the capital of Reunion Island after earlier a witness saw police remove a shoe sized box from the beach which could be possibly linked to the missing MH370.
An Australian led hunt for the missing aircraft has been scouring the southern Indian Ocean some 4,000 km east of Reunion.
Flight MH370 went off radar on March 8 as it was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew.
They were due to meet with the team leading the French investigation, including a judge, a group of experts and police, said AFP.
The flaperon will be analysed using physical and chemical methods including “a scanning electron microscope that can magnify up to 100,000 times” to understand how it was damaged, said Pierre Bascary, former director of the tests at France’s General Directorate for Armament. “We shouldn’t expect miracles from this analysis”, said Jean-Paul Troadec, former head of France’s BEA civil aviation investigating authority.
“We have informed the world about the drift pattern”, he said.
However, experts have warned grieving families not to expect startling revelations from a single part.
On Sunday, Britain’s SkyNews reported a small aircraft door or panel was found but it turned out to be part of a ladder. However, Chinese Internet users suggested it may be a kettle.
“Every effort will be undertaken to locate any debris“.
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A fragment of luggage that was also found in the area is with the aircraft debris in France for specialist DNA testing. Scientists say it is plausible that ocean currents carried a piece of the wreckage as far as La Reunion. “We need the closure and all the evidence possible so that we can go ahead with our lives”, said Nur Laila Ngah, the wife of the flight’s chief steward Wan Swaid Wan Ismail.
