各方调查疑似MH370飞机残骸

Malaysia has sent a team to the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to determine whether debris which washed up there is from missing flight MH370.

马来西亚已派遣一组团队前往印度洋的法属留尼汪岛，以确认冲上岸的残骸是否属于失联客机马航MH370。

The two-meter-long piece of wreckage washed up on the island, about 600km east of Madagascar, late on Wednesday.

7月29日晚些时候，一块两米长的飞机残骸被冲到了该岛，该岛距马达加斯加东部约600千米。

Aviation experts have said the debris looks like a wing component from a 777, known as a flaperon.

航空专家表示，这一残骸疑似波音777客机机翼零件——襟副翼。

Malaysia Airlines said it would be "premature" to speculate on its origin.

马来西亚航空公司表示，现在就残骸来源做出揣测还“为时过早。

There have been other plane crashes much closer to Reunion, but flight MH370 is the only Boeing 777 to have disappeared in the area.

也有其他飞机在距留尼汪岛更近的地点坠机，但是马航MH370航班是在该地区消失的唯一一架波音777飞机。

An US official told the Associated Press news agency that, based on the photos, investigators had a "high degree of confidence" that the part was a flaperon unique to a Boeing 777 wing.

一位美国官员告诉美联社，从照片来看，调查人员表示“极有信心认为，飞机残骸是波音777飞机独有的机翼零件。

A flaperon is a part of the wing used to manage the lift and control the roll of an aircraft.

襟副翼是机翼的一部分，用来操控飞机上升和滚转。

French authorities in Reunion are also investigating the debris and Australian investigators are reported to be in touch with manufacturers over the find.

法属留尼汪岛当局目前也在调查这一残骸，据报道，澳大利亚调查人员正在就这一发现与波音制造商联系。

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board vanished without trace in March 2014. There were 227 passengers on the flight, including 153 Chinese and 38 Malaysians.

马来西亚航空公司波音777客机载着239名乘客和机组人员，从吉隆坡飞往北京，于2014年3月失踪，无任何踪迹。机上有227名乘客，其中153人来自中国，38人来自马来西亚。

Vocabulary

debris: 残骸

Kuala Lumpur: 吉隆坡

flaperon: 襟副翼

premature: 过早的，提前的

Madagascar: 马达加斯加