MH370 clues mount as wreckage identified as B777 part

Saint-André, France

MALAYSIAN authorities confirmed on Friday that plane wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island was from a Boeing 777, the same aircraft type as flight MH370.

The debris, part of a plane wing, could provide the first tangible clue towards unlocking the mystery surrounding the doomed Malaysia Airlines plane, which disappeared without trace in March last year with 239 people on board.

"I believe that we are moving closer to solving the mystery of MH370. This could be the convincing evidence that MH370 went down in the Indian Ocean," Malaysia's Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said.

However, authorities have warned one small piece of p…