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MH370 search: Debris piece flown to France for analysis

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A piece of debris which is believed to be from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 has been flown from Reunion in the Indian Ocean to France for analysis.

According to the BBC, experts said that the two-metre object, washed up on a beach, could be a moveable piece of a Boeing 777's wing, called a flaperon.

The piece, packed into a crate, is due to land at Paris' Orly airport.

Reunion is a French overseas department to the east of Madagascar.

The Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 293 passengers on board.

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First Published: Aug 01 2015 | 10:25 AM IST

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