Investigators 'confident' debris on island is missing plane's wing

Air safety investigators, one of them a Boeing investigator, have identified the wreckage.

Investigators 'confident' debris on island is missing plane's wing

Air safety investigators have a ā€œhigh degree of confidenceā€ that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean shows a Boeing 777 wing component, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year.

Air safety investigators, one of them a Boeing investigator, have identified the wreckage as a ā€œflaperonā€ from the trailing edge of a 777 wing, a US official said.

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