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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew that left Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014, en route to Beijing. The plane never arrived at its destination. An international search effort was conducted along several potential routes, but neither the plane, nor any debris from the plane has been found.

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7 Aug, 2015

Families protest at Malaysian embassy

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Relatives of MH370 passengers scuffle with police along the sidewalk during a protest outside the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing. Relative:

I can’t trust them. This is not the first time they get the wrong news … Why? You tell me why?

Another protester:

These findings are fake. This is a conspiracy. Everything is fake.

6 Aug, 2015

Window debris found

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A Malaysian team combing the beach on La Reunion finds a plane window and other debris. Malaysia’s Transport Minister cannot confirm it is from MH370:

I can only ascertain that it’s plane debris.

5 Aug, 2015

Debris confirmed from MH370

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French investigators confirm the airplane part found on Reunion is a piece of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, saying there are “very strong presumptions” that the part belonged to Flight 370, though additional checks would be carried out. He also said that “technical documentation” provided by Malaysia Airlines enabled experts to establish “common technical characteristics” between the debris and the flaperons on Flight 370. Malaysian PM Razak:

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 have conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Réunion Island is indeed from MH370.

31 Jul, 2015

Beachcombers sift scrap

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Beachcomber MH370Beach cleaners scouring the sands are handing their finds over to local police. Beach cleaner:

We are searching all the time now. I hope to find something that will say definitely it’s from the plane so that the families can have some relief from their mourning.

Part number from Boeing777

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A Malaysian official says a part number (657 BB) on a piece of aircraft wing found in the Indian Ocean confirms the object is from a Boeing 777.

From the part number, it is confirmed that it is from a Boeing 777 aircraft. This information is from MAS (Malaysia Airlines). They have informed me…This could be the convincing evidence that MH370 went down in the Indian Ocean.

The recovered object will be flown to a testing site in France near the city of Toulouse for analysis by aviation authorities and could reach there by Saturday.