Director General of Malaysia' s Department of Civil Aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said Thursday that it still cannot be confirmed that the debris discovered on a beach of the Reunion Island was part of a Boeing 777 aircraft.

Azharuddin told Xinhua that the Malaysian team sent out to identify the debris is still on their way to the Reunion Island, and the result of the identification will hopefully come out in two days.

Also on Thursday, the Malaysian Transport Ministry said in a statement that that a part identified as a flaperon that could possibly belong to the ill-fated Boeing 777 aircraft has been discovered.

It said that a team comprising experts from the Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 has been dispatched to the Reunion Island to verify whether the flaperon belongs to the missing plane.

However, it said that until there is tangible and irrefutable evidence that the flaperon does belong to the missing aircraft, it would be premature to speculate at this juncture.

"This is to ensure that we do not raise false hope for the love ones of the victims of MH370. We will make the necessary announcements once details have been verified," the ministry said.

Malaysia Airlines' Flight MH370 disappeared without a trace in March last year while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The Boeing 777 aircraft was carrying 239 passengers and crew. Most of the passengers were Chinese.

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