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French search plane grounded
Colin Cosier, Mélissa Manglou The search plane France deployed to look for MH370 debris off Reunion Island was grounded Saturday, just a day after the country launched an expanded search operation in the Indian Ocean.
App lets amateurs join MH370 search
![Spot MH370 app](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/w/c/7/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.giwbsy.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Colin Cosier A mobile app for Indian Ocean beachcombers hunting potential MH370 debris is the latest amateur tool in the expanding search for the missing flight.
Reunion Island litter takes toll on turtles
![Ophelie, a hawksbill turtle at the Kelonia turtle sanctuary on Reunion Island.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/u/2/w/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.giu2e9.ginq1y.png/1439337499644.jpg)
Colin Cosier A plastic bottle cap from Indonesia, a weathered toothbrush head and a salty toy wheel add to the mysteries of Reunion Island.
France to use a plane to search for debris
![A French military transport plane in Saint-Denis. It will be the first time a plane has been used to search waters off the island's coast.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/u/h/r/0/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.giuhqq.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Colin Cosier and Mélissa Manglou Reunion Island's top official has defended any notion the search has begun too late.
Malaysians confident window from MH370
![The confirmed MH370 debris found on Reunion Island.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/n/l/4/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gitgjm.ginq1y.png/1449110933385.jpg)
Lindsay Murdoch Malaysian aviation experts are confident that a window and other debris found on the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion in the past few days are from missing MH370.
France to step up search near Reunion Island
![Police officers look on as Zhang Yongli, a Chinese relative of a missing passenger on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 makes a phone call while waiting for information outside the airline's office in Beijing.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/t/j/o/c/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gitjo5.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Eileen Ng France will search for wreckage from the lost flight MH370 off the coast of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, following the discovery of a wing part thought to belong to the missing plane.
MH370 search: the most confusing moments
![Hope: A young Malaysian boy prays at an event for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in Kuala Lumpur in March 2014.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/h/v/k/c/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gitpcm.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Lindsay Murdoch Malaysian authorities have regularly issued confusing statements in the 17 months since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared.
How conspiracy theories stack up
![French gendarmes and police stand near a large piece of plane debris which was found on the beach in Saint-Andre, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/s/k/x/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gitmnh.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Rachel Browne International aviation experts are examining a window, seat cushions and aluminium believed to have come from missing flight MH370.
Family upset Malaysia told media first
![Paul Weeks with his wife Danica.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/1/0/e/5/a/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gislw7.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
As Malaysia said a plane part found last week came from MH370, the family of a New Zealand man on the flight are disgusted they again were not told first.
MH370 news 'changes nothing' for family
![The large piece of plane debris was found on Reunion Island last week.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/s/k/x/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gislwx.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Kim Stephens Mother of victim says confirmation "just brings it all back".
Malaysia 'conclusively' confirms MH370 part
![Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed on Thursday that the initial debris was from MH370.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/s/k/e/u/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.giskes.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Praveen Menon Malaysian PM says it is with a heavy heart that he confirms the debris found on Reunion Island is from MH370.
Currents could have taken parts to Reunion
![The plastic beach debris originally reported to be from a "plane window", found on Tuesday.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/r/r/9/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.girvro.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Lindsay Murdoch Winds and ocean currents could have pushed wreckage from MH370 more than 2000 kilometres to Reunion Island, Australian experts say.
MH370 debris: 'window' or 'sewing machine'?
![The plastic piece of debris.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/r/n/k/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.girnl6.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Colin Cosier What beachcombers claim is a window from MH370 is more likely part of a sewing machine, police say.
Beachcombers keep up the hunt for debris
![Beachcomber Gisele on the shore of Reunion Island.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/q/r/y/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.giqsep.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Colin Cosier Police enlisted in search for debris that may have come from missing plane.
Barnacles on piece of plane's wing may be key
![The flaperon covered in part by barnacles.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/n/l/4/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.giqrd3.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Swati Pandey 'Barnacle shells ... can tell us valuable information about the water conditions under which they were formed.'
Reunion Island explainer: where is it
![French police officers carry the piece of debris from a plane in Saint-Andre, Reunion Island.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/q/6/s/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.giq5jc.ginq1y.png/1441379497248.jpg)
MARC SANTORA Ever since Johnny Begue stumbled on the airplane wing flap along the shores of Reunion Island, the place itself, has attracted scrutiny.
Reunion Island continues to yield debris
![People walk on the beach of Saint-Andre, Reunion Island.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/p/y/5/b/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gipyom.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Colin Cosier on Reunion Island and Philip Wen More debris continues to wash up on Reunion Island at an alarming rate.
Experts in France set to examine aviation part
![The confirmed MH370 debris found on Reunion island in July.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/n/l/4/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gipl9g.ginq1y.png/1449110933385.jpg)
Lindsay Murdoch Aviation experts are gathering in France to examine a barnacle-encrusted wing found on Reunion Island's shore.
'Plane seat' washed up in May
![The confirmed MH370 debris found on Reunion island in July.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/n/l/4/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gipl4t.ginq1y.png/1449110933385.jpg)
To Nicolas Ferrier, it seemed to him like just another piece of rubbish – a bus seat, perhaps, or a hang glider's chair.
Piece almost certainly from 777: Malaysia
![The large piece of aircraft wreckage that washed up on Reunion Island appears to come from a wing.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/n/d/l/e/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gioaso.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Malaysia is "almost certain" that plane debris found on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is from a Boeing 777, the deputy transport minister said.
Beachcomber makes the find of his life
![Johnny Begue, 46, who found the piece of aircraft debris.](/web/20160113015030im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/o/e/l/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.giodlj.ginq1y.png/1439336951647.jpg)
Catherine Armitage He was looking for a stone to crush chillies with. Instead he found a piece of a plane, and world fame.