MH370
The shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion maritime search aircraft can be seen on low-level clouds as it flies over the southern Indian Ocean looking for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 March 31, 2014. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had no time limit, despite the failure of an international operation to find any sign of the plane in three weeks of fruitless searching. A total of 20 aircraft and ships were again scouring a massive area in the Indian Ocean some 2,000 km (1,200 miles) west of Perth, where investigators believe the Boeing 777 carrying 239 people came down. Reuters/Rob Griffith/Pool

The tests are being conducted on the wing part found on Reunion Island to ensure that the investigation is in the right direction. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that there are more chances now that the missing aircraft from Malaysia will be found.

The tests are still ongoing, but Bishop said that it can be deduced from the examination of the wing part that it belonged to the aircraft as there is only one Boeing 777 found. In March last year, an aircraft from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing was found missing. It had 239 passengers and crew members, including six Australians. After reports that more parts of the aircraft would likely be found, mixed reactions have come from the families of the victims of the incident.

“This is a very difficult time for the families, but at least we seem to have some evidence that flight MH370 will be found in the search area we’ve been focusing on,” Bishop said on Friday.

New air and maritime resources are being deployed by France off to the Reunion Island of the Indian Ocean to search for more remains of the unfortunate flight. However, the investigators haven’t yet received any new evidence for analysis even after Malaysia said more items, like seat cushions, window pieces and aluminium foil, were found on the island.

Bishop told the Seven Network on Friday that she believes that French investigators are cautious enough to proceed with every single test available to be 100 percent sure that the parts belong to the Malaysian aircraft.

On Thursday, Malaysia declared that a wing part has been found on the Reunion Island, apparently belonging to MH370.

Liow Tiong Lai, the transport minister of the country, also confirmed that more aircraft debris had been collected, including a plane window and aluminium foil, for further examination whether they belong to the missing MH370. Liow said that he knew very well why the French-led investigating team wanted to do further “verification.”

“They have more verification process to make, the paint, the sealant and so on,” he said. “For the Malaysian team, the technical report and maintenance report that we have matched with the flaperon … The expert team strongly feel and confirm that it is MH370.”

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