france, and that is where investigators will be analyzing and determining whether this piece is from the missing malaysia airlines flight. all of this as officials express growing confidence this morning that the debris could be the first clue in solving one of the biggest aviation mysteries in history. >> one of the reasons investigators do believe this could be the real thing, this component number found on the object. it matches the schematic for a boeing 777 which, of course, is the same type of plane asm h-370. while that's going on a u.s. intelligence assessment believes that it was likely someone in the cockpit who deliberately flew the plane off course before it vanished. joining us now to discuss the investigation at least in terms of the debris and where it's going, tim taylor, a operation submersible specialist. thanks so much for being with us. let's take a look at the map here. the debris which showed up on reunion island over here, given that the debris was found there, do you still have confidence in that red arc, that search zone