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Chinese and Indonesian plastic bottles have been found washed up on Reunion island after wreckage from what could be the missing MH370 plane.

The discovery comes as experts say it is "increasingly likely" wreckage likely to be from a Boeing 777 jet is from the doomed Malaysian Airlines flight.

The containers were a Chinese water bottle and Indonesian cleaning product. There were 153 Chinese passengers on board flight MH370.

The investigation into flight MH370 will move to France as suspected debris from the doomed plane is transported from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.

Malaysia's prime minister Najib Razak has said that the two-metre long debris is likely to be from a Boeing 777 craft - the same model as the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

The disappearance of the flight has been officially declared an accident after it went missing in March 2014.

All of the 239 passengers and crew on board are presumed dead.

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After confirming that the debris was to be taken to France for further investigation, Mr Razak added: "As soon as we have more information or any verification we will make it public.

"I promise the families of those lost that whatever happens, we will not give up."

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The plane was flying from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to Beijing, China, when it is thought to have come down in the Indian Ocean on March 8 last year.

Speaking to the BBC, oceanographer David Griffin from Australia's national science agency said the location of where the debris was found is "consistent with where we think debris might have turned up".

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Among the debris, a suitcase was found by workers on a Reunion beach.

Relatives of those who on board flight MH370 are said to be planning a lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines if a piece of debris is confirmed to be from the missing aircraft.

Zhang Qihuai, a lawyer representing several of the families, said a group of around 30 relatives had indicated they would take action if it was proved.

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Some families are already pursuing settlements through insurer Allianz.

Reunion island - where wreckage from a Boeing 777 is believed to have been found - is a 40-mile long island around 4,000 miles from where doomed flight MH370 was last seen.

The island, off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean is also more than 3,000 miles from the search area investigators have been trawling off the coast of Australia.