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mendax [soylentnews.org] writes:

What has been long suspect and almost expected since it was discovered last week has now been confirmed [nytimes.com]. The flaperon found on a beach on the French island of Réunion is definitely from that missing airliner:

Experts have determined that the aircraft part that washed up on the island of Réunion last week is definitely from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia announced in the early hours of Thursday (Wednesday afternoon Eastern time).

The part, known as a flaperon, was flown from Réunion, near Madagascar, to a laboratory in Toulouse, France, where Malaysian, Australian and French officials gathered on Wednesday to examine it, along with representatives from Boeing.

One mystery solved. Many more to go.

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