CORRECTION: BYLINE SPELLING Police carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. The two-metre-long debris, which appears to be a piece of a wing, was found by employees of an association cleaning the area and handed over to the air transport brigade of the French gendarmerie (BGTA), who have opened an investigation. An air safety expert did not exclude it could be a part of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YANNICK PITOUYANNICK PITOU/AFP/Getty Images

Police and gendarmes carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion

Remnants of a badly damaged suitcase have reportedly been found close to where suspected plane debris from missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 have been found.

Journalist ​Julien Delarue, who works for Journal de L'île de la Réunion on Reunion Island, reported on Twitter that what appears to be a suitcase has been found at Saint-André.

Debris believed to be from an airplane is being examined by a experts in a bid to determine whether it is from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

CNN are reporting that the debris was found off the coast of Le Reunion, an island in the Western Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.

Similitudes incroyables entre le flaperon d'un #B777 et le débris retrouvé ce matin à #LaReunion... #MH370 ? pic.twitter.com/GDkzRLwi2h — Xavier Tytelman (@PeurAvion) July 29, 2015

It is currently being examined to see if it is connected to the missing Flight 370. CNN have attributed this report to a member of the French Air Force on location in Reunion.

Expand Close A policeman and a gendarme stand next to a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. The two-metre-long debris, which appears to be a piece of a wing, was found by employees of an association cleaning the area and handed over to the air transport brigade of the French gendarmerie (BGTA), who have opened an investigation. An air safety expert did not exclude it could be a part of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YANNICK PITONYANNICK PITON/AFP/Getty Images AFP/Getty Images / Facebook

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The debris was spotted off the coast of St Andrea, a small community on the island which is one of the overseas departments of France.

It's reported that a part, believed to be from a Boeing 777 - the same plane as missing MH370. It's believed to be a wing.

Images posted on Twitter shows the part is rusting and has barnacles growing on it.

"It is way too soon to say whether or not it is MH370. We just found the debris this morning in the coast of Saint Andre," Adjutant Christian Retournat told CNN.

No trace has been found of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared in March 2014 carrying 239 passengers and crew, in what has become one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history.

MH370 vanished from radar screens shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing, early on March 8. Investigators believe it was flown thousands of miles off course before eventually crashing into the Indian Ocean.

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