Identification of aircraft part that washed up on Réunion island last week could be first clue to fate and whereabouts of missing Malaysia Airlines flight Technical experts in France will on Wednesday begin examining a plane part that almost certainly belonged to missing flight MH370, raising hopes that some light may finally be shed on one of aviation's darkest mysteries. Related: MH370 search: what is the 'flaperon' debris found in Réunion?