KUALA LUMPUR – Debris found on an Indian Ocean island a week ago is from flight MH370, Malaysia’s prime minister has said, confirming for the first time that the plane which mysteriously disappeared 17 months ago met a tragic end.
“Today, 515 days since the plane disappeared, it is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that an international team of experts has conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370,” Najib Razak told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
French prosecutors used more cautious language, saying only there was a “very high probability” the wreckage came from MH370.
The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared on March 8 last year, inexplicably veering off course en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board —including six Australians.
The incident sparked a colossal but ultimately fruitless multinational hunt for the aircraft.
