MH370 search: Malaysia urges caution on Reunion debris find

BBC NEWS reported that, Malaysia has said that it would be "premature" to speculate on whether debris washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion comes from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

A two-metre long piece of wreckage was found on Wednesday.

Malaysia's Deputy Transport Minister, Abdul Aziz Kaprawi, said it was "almost certain" that the wreckage was from a Boeing 777 aircraft.

MH370 is the only Boeing 777 to have disappeared over an ocean.

There were 239 people on board when the plane went missing in March 2014.

On Thursday, a municipal employee found what appeared to be a very badly damaged suitcase on the Reunion coast, according to local media (in French).

The item was found at Saint-Andre, the same location as Wednesday's plane debris.

Both the suspected suitcase and the wing part are in the custody of French authorities at St Denis airport on Reunion, reports say.