Wing washed ashore came from missing jet, says Malaysia’s prime minister

An aircraft wing fragment washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion came from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared more than a year ago with 239 people aboard, according to experts.

Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak said yesterday “an international team of experts have conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed MH370”.

The fragment was sent to France, where experts began examining it. Investigators will analyse the metal with high-powered microscopes to probe what caused the plane to go down.