Studies to identify Reunion debris to start Wednesday

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A piece of plane debris was found on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on July 29, which is likely to be part of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared in March 2014, a regional media reported. [China.org.cn]

Works to identify whether the aircraft wreckage found on the eastern coast of France's overseas Island La Reunion was from the missing Boeing 777 or not, would start on Wednesday, a local media reported Friday.

"Pieces of a suitcase, discovered near the aircraft debris, will also be transferred and studied by experts of the criminal research institute of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN) in Pontoise, Val -d'Oise," the news channel BFMTV said, citing Paris prosecutor.

The report added a French judge in charge of the investigation, a representative of Malaysian judicial authorities, an expert from BEA investigation bureau and others from Malaysia, in addition to French gendarmes would meet on Monday in Paris.

The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with a total of 239 passengers on board, most of them Chinese.

Despite a massive surface and underwater hunt, the plane has not been found and has become one of the biggest mysteries in the aviation history.

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