now we want to update you on the latest developments in the search for malaysian airlines flight 370 and it s all based upon that key fragment of wreckage found earlier this week on reunion island. that is on its way to france to be inspected. it arrives there tomorrow. sources confirm to nbc news the piece is indeed from a boeing 777 based on an id number you see right there found inside the wreckage. also on its way to france a piece of luggage found in the same area. however, authorities are less certain it has any connection to the missing flight. all of this comes as more items continue to wash ashore including this empty bottle of chinese mineral water that has been handed over to police. we want to get straight to nbc s alice jerjameson. explain to all of us about the beach and debris that is showing up. do investigators feel right now everything is critical to the investigation since that wing fragment surfaced?
of a on top of the e-mails, on top of her mel records. on a friday asp, in the middle of summer. ah the timing. plus he killed the king of the jungle now zimbabwe wants to bring palmer to justice on their turf. it looks like someone close to palmer has finally contacted u.s. game officials, but the hunter is still in hiding. so exactly where is he? good afternoon. in this friday for jake tapper or world lead highly confident, most certainly almost no doubt, today australian malaysian and french officials using those words as they come to a consensus that this piece of degree a flaperon most likely belonged to a boeing 777. barring some wholly unforeseen explanation, the only possible
the nurses. he is a great gentlemen. bottles made in indonesia is raising hope we could get answers in the search for the missing malaysian airlines flight 370. it has been 510 days since the plane vanished. a chunk of the plane s wing that washed up could explain how and why the plane broke apart. check nash is a retired captain chuck and he is joining us. if we go down the path of the piece of wing being from mh 370 it puts to rest the plane was taken to iran by terrorist. what can we learn from the wing
the perspective of how they deliberate over this evidence and if it is from flight 370, how they can then backtrack the effect of the current and be able to drag and search what those waters might reveal for parts of this plane? well, that s a very important question, thomas. we ve just learned from various news reports that the oceanographers who did the initial drift studies and the initial wind current studies had initially concluded that if the crash zone was, in fact where we believe it is that most of the structure would be carried to the coast of west africa or madagascar. however, they recently added the wave action to the formula. and what the computers found was it, in fact would go directly to the vicinity of reunion island. fascinating. it really is.
and in both cases, thomas he is eligible for the death penalty but in neither case have prosecutors yet said whether they will seek it. reporting in charleston for us, jamie, thanks so much. i want to pass along what we re tracking now. new developments in the investigation into the death of samuel dubose. hamilton county prosecutor s office saying a grand jury declining to bring charges against the two other officers who were at the scene of the shooting. meanwhile, former university of cincinnati police officer ray tensing who has been charged with murder in the shooting has pleaded not guilty. he s also out of jail on bond. and demanding to get his job back. he s done so by filing a grievance. his union did so on his behalf against the university. also developing right now, the wait to determine if a piece of wreckage found on reunion island does, in fact, belong to h mh-370. it s expected to arrive in france tomorrow. how long the families of the victims of flight 370 have to