people have been forced into relief camps. aviation experts in france will begin examining this possible piece of malaysian airlines flight 370 in the coming hours. this wing part called a flaperon comes from a boeing 777 and mh370 is the only known 777 that s gone missing. locusts are eating up the farmlands of southern russia. the swarms have destroyed at least 10% of the region s crops. the ministry of agriculture has declared a state of emergency and it hasn t been this bad in three decades. the florida home of the american dentist accused of killing cecil the lion has been vandalized. pig s feet were thrown on the driveway and animal crackers were thrown on the lawn. the guide hired for the hunt is
disintegrated in the sky. we just don t know. there were a number of other items of debris that have been picked up in and around reunion island. the australian government making a statement about the other debris that has been collected so far. they are saying it is unlikely it is part of mh370. you have to remember that this debris has been in the water for some 17 months if it is part of mh370. so really, i mean, obviously, this flaperon, this wing part, that it is consistent with the sort of debris that would wash up on land. but as for other debris that has been found, it has been quickly dismissed. we should also note there is a part of a suitcase that has been taken to france for analysis looked at in a separate lab outside of paris. but the debris they are focusing
flaperon investigation room. reporter: in that lab in france, which is where these officials will gather local time this afternoon they will be analyzing that wing part known as a flaperon. this is the start of this investigation. this analysis is to determine whether or not it is part of mh370. many people believing that is it but until we have those definitive answers, still is a piece of wreckage but it s what we do know is that it is part of a boeing 777 that was found on reunion island 3,700 kilometers from that search area that is being carried out in the indian ocean off the coast of western australia. that search is still continuing. it s the french leading this investigation. this analysis, they re joined by the malaysians and they have
begin an examination of a wing flap which washed up on a remote island in the indian ocean. investigators already know the wreckage is from a boeing 777. next hopefully will come confirmation if it came from the missing airliner mh370. anna coren joins us live from hong kong with the details. it is interesting, anna, the french asked an australian expert to take part in the examination. why is that? reporter: look, john, the australians have been in charge of the search for mh370 since the very beginning. when the plane disappeared in march of last year with 239 people on board. it was shortly after that the australians were placed in charge of that search off the coast of western australia. so really it does make sense for the french to involve the australians considering the experience and the expertise that they have. of course the french have plenty of experience when it comes to air crash investigations. but with mh370 they are quite
rainfall. we ll watch that closely. see you again soon. we want to update you on another big story today. within hours from now, aviation experts in france will begin analyzing a wing flap which washed up on a remote island last week. they will determine if it is in fact part of the missing malaysian airlines flight 370. investigators have confirmed the wreckage is from a boeing 777 and mh370 is the only missing 777 on this side of the world. it is possible the debris from the search area could have drifted to the island. anna coren joins us live with more on all of this. and we should note this is an important day for relatives of victims from mh370. we could get confirmation but just update us on how many nations will be represented and i guess what we can call the