can understand they re not taking any chances. they are coming and collecting it so it can be looked at properly by investigators. having said that a malaysian official saying it s just a piece of domestic stepladder that washed up. that s typical all along this coast. you ll see hundreds and hundreds of pieces of ocean debris and metal fragments. the task of the person is to decide whether it s related to the missing airliner or not. and there will be lots of beach combers going up and down the coastline this weekend, specifically looking for plane debris. this won t be the last item that s reported to authorities, i would suspect. meanwhile, malaysia is asking other island nations near the indian ocean to be vigilant for possible wreckage particularly the seashells and maricious.
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a photo shows a twisted piece of metal with chinese characters seem to be could be some sort of brand i branding signature on it. authorities looking at it. analyzing it. beyond that being very tight lipped. they re not speculating as to whether or not it could be a plane part or if it s, in fact, suspected of being a part of mh-370. we re noting this is a tiny island surrounded by a very big ocean. lots of plane debris out there. lots of room for false alarms. very good point to make. erin mclaughlin, we appreciate it. the investigation is focusing on the debris in toulouse, france. simon, we know that malaysia s transport ministry saying today this debris is, indeed, from a boeing 777. no questions? yeah, that s right. but everyone involved in this investigation and analysis have
also two close calls between airliners and drones near a new york airport. just what dangers do these machines pose to flying passenger jets. from cnn world had headquarters in atlanta, i m george howell. this is cnn newsroom. good day to you. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we start this hour with the latest on mh-370 and that plane debris that was found on a remote island in the indian ocean. it washed ashore at reunion island and now that piece of debris is in a french lab in toulouse france. it arrived on saturday. investigators won t start looking at it until wednesday. their goal is to determine whether it might belong to malaysia airlines flight 370. that as you ll remember has been missing since march of last year. a source close to the investigation says a preliminary report could be released as early as next week.
they believe it is indeed from some boeing 777, although they cannot confirm if it is from mh370 or not. next hour, what can experts learn from the barnacles that you have seen on the from the barnacles seen on that plane debris. we re beginning to talk abogoin with experts. also, back to our developing story. some conflicting reports on whether jericho, the brother of cecil the lion, was gunned down by a hunter operating illegally in the same park there in zimbabwe where cecil was killed. jericho was said to be protecting cecil s lions. we told you about multiple reports that jericho was killed. now we are seeing conflicting reports on whether that is the case or not. cecil was suspected of being killed illegally and now the international white hououtcry hd the white house. a petition seeking for walter