Plane Door Has Been Found Washed Up on Reunion Island

Plane door found on Reunion Island

An aerial view taken on July 31, 2015 in Saint-Andre, on the French Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, shows the shore where a plane debris and a piece from a luggage were found on July 29. AFP PHOTO

 

PETALING JAYA: A plane door has been found washed up on Reunion Island, Sky News reported on Sunday. 

According to Sky News' David Bowden, the object was discovered in a different location to the flaperon, which is currently undergoing tests in France to find out if it is from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. 

Experts confirmed that the flaperon was consistent with that of Boeing 777 although it is not known if it is from the missing jet.

The Transport Ministry said that MH370 investigators will only be able to inspect the Reunion Island plane debris after Monday because Malaysian authorities had to attend a meeting with the French Government before they could actually see the debris.

Reunion Island is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.

Flight MH370 with 239 people on board disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 last year. It is believed to have ended in the southern Indian Ocean.