French investigators confirm wing part is from Flight 370

In this July 29, 2015, file photo, French police officers inspect a piece of debris from a plane in Saint-Andre, Reunion Island.
In this July 29, 2015, file photo, French police officers inspect a piece of debris from a plane in Saint-Andre, Reunion Island.

PARIS — A French prosecutor says the piece of wing discovered in July on a remote Indian Ocean island has been formally identified as having come from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

In a statement, the Paris prosecutor's office said technical analysis of the part, called a flaperon, had enabled investigators to link a serial number found on the part with a corresponding number on the Boeing 777 that disappeared March 8, 2014, with 239 people aboard.

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