Experts are due to examine part of a wing that washed up on the island of Reunion last week.
The Boeing 777 piece which is thought to belong to the missing flight MH370 has been taken to Toulouse in south-west France.
Attending to the examination will be French and Malaysian experts, Boeing employees and representatives from China – the country that lost most passengers in the disaster.
Jean-Paul Troadec, the former head of the French BEA agency that investigates air accidents, was quoted by AFP as saying that the examination would concentrate on two issues – whether the wing part belongs to MH370 and if so, whether it can provide any information on the final moments of the plane.
An Australian transport expert is helping out in the examination at the invitation of the French authorities. Malaysian experts are also attending.
They may pronounce on the origin of the wing part either on Wednesday or later this week, officials say.
For reasons that remain unclear the Malaysia Airlines plane veered off course on its way to Beijing in March 2014 and crashed into the sea with 239 people on board.
Investigators hope to be able to determine the speed at which MH370 hit the water, and use that information to advise search teams to look for a plane that remains largely intact, or one that disintegrated on impact.
An Australian transport expert is helping out in the examination at the invitation of the French authorities. Malaysian experts are also attending.
Officials say they may pronounce on the origin of the wing part either on Wednesday or later this week
The Malaysia Airlines plane veered off course on its way to Beijing in March 2014 and crashed into the sea with 239 people on board.
Investigators hope to be able to determine the speed at which MH370 hit the water, and use that information to advise search teams to look for a plane that remains largely intact, or one that disintegrated on impact.
