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France steps up search efforts for MH370 debris

France is sending extra planes, boats and helicopters to search for debris from missing Malaysian Airlines plane MH370 along the coast of Reunion Island.

It comes after a wing fragment and a plane window were found on the remote Indian Ocean island.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott hailed the discovery of the wing fragment, stating that the "baffling mystery" of the flight's disappearance was closer to being solved, while Malaysia Airlines said it was a "major breakthrough" in resolving the mystery.

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French Prosecutor: Multiple factors point to debris belonging to MH370

A leading French prosecutor has said that there were multiple factors that point to the fact that a piece of plane debris that washed up on Reunion Island last week belongs to missing plane MH370.

Deputy Paris prosecutor Serge Mackowiak told a news conference that there was a "strong likeness" that the wing fragment was from the missing plane based on the information supplied to experts by planemaker Boeing and by Malaysia Airlines.

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