Sydney: Australia on Wednesday said official word on whether a washed-up plane part is from flight MH370 is expected this week, while reiterating it will continue hunting for the main debris field in the southern Indian Ocean.
Technical experts in France were to begin examining the flaperon, already confirmed to have come from a Boeing 777, in Toulouse later Wednesday after it washed up on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.
“Malaysian and French officials may be in a position to make a formal statement about the origin of the flaperon later this week,” said Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss.
He added that an expert from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), which is coordinating the search for the Malaysia Airlines jet, would be involved in examining the wing part when the case containing it is opened.
French and Malaysian experts, Boeing employees and representatives from China will also be on hand to determine if it comes from the jet that vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board in March last year.
05/08/15 AFP/The Star
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Technical experts in France were to begin examining the flaperon, already confirmed to have come from a Boeing 777, in Toulouse later Wednesday after it washed up on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.
“Malaysian and French officials may be in a position to make a formal statement about the origin of the flaperon later this week,” said Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss.
He added that an expert from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), which is coordinating the search for the Malaysia Airlines jet, would be involved in examining the wing part when the case containing it is opened.
French and Malaysian experts, Boeing employees and representatives from China will also be on hand to determine if it comes from the jet that vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board in March last year.
05/08/15 AFP/The Star
