MH370: Plane wreckage found in Indian Ocean tested
French officials are investigating whether a plane part that washed up （被冲刷上岸） on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion is from missing flight MH370.
The Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board（搭载乘客） vanished in March 2014. No part has been found.
Experts are quoted as （据专家称） saying that the debris found in La Reunion looks like a wing component from a 777. French experts say it is too early to tell（还无法下结论）.
The island is far from the search area.
There have been other crashes much closer to Le Reunion, however flight MH370 is the only Boeing 777 to have disappeared.
Malaysia is sending a team to investigate the debris（残骸） discovered on Wednesday.
´Unique element´An anonymous US official told the Associated Press news agency that, based on the photos, investigators had a "high degree of confidence"（高度自信） that the part was a "flaperon" unique to（为某物所独有） a Boeing 777 wing.Aviation expert Xavier Tytelman also said that it presented "incredible similarities" to a Boeing 777 flaperon. French air transport officials are investigating the mysterious two-metre-long piece of wreckageA flaperon is used to both alter（改变） the lift characteristics of a wing and control the roll of an aircraft. Australian investigators, who are leading the hunt（带领本次搜索）, are also reported to be in touch with manufacturers over the find. In a statement, Australian Infrastructure Minister Warren Truss said that if the wreckage was identified as being from MH370, this "would be consistent with other analysis and modelling that the resting place of the aircraft is in the southern Indian Ocean". Any new evidence will be used to refine （完善、改善） search efforts, the statement added. （英文来源： BBC）
中文参考（非完全对应）： 据新华社“新华国际”客户端报道，7月29日，位于印度洋的法属留尼汪岛海滩上惊现一块飞机残骸。法国警方已经展开调查，确定残骸来自何处。目前，不能排除这块残骸同马航MH370航班客机存在关联。
据法国媒体报道，这块带有BB670编号的残骸长约2米，看起来像是机翼的一部分。留尼汪岛海滩保洁人员发现这块残骸。“当时残骸里塞满贝壳，感觉已经在水里很久。”
法国媒体援引负责调查的法国航空运输警察部门消息说，现在断定残骸属于MH370航班客机为时尚早，目前需要确定残骸属于何种飞机，然后才能确定属于哪家航空公司。
美国有线电视新闻网报道说，调查人员认为在法属留尼汪岛发现的这块飞机残骸与MH370航班客机同属波音777型客机，但是目前不能确定残骸属于MH370航班客机。
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