Malaysian experts have met French officials to coordinate investigations into missing flight MH370, days after suspected debris was found.

Tests are due to be carried out today and will determine if it is part of the missing MH370 flight, which was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

The Boeing 777 wing fragment washed up on the island of Reunion last week. Malaysian authorities have asked other islands in the Indian Ocean to look out for more debris that may have come from the missing plane MH370.

Analysts in France will today analyse the six foot long fragment to try to confirm it is from flight MH370.

If confirmed, the discovery could offers hope of an explanation to the families and loved ones of the missing passengers and crew.

Aviation experts say the wing surface - known as a flaperon - may have stayed afloat due to air pockets in its structure and is almost certainly part of a Boeing 777.

But relatives and officials must await the result of tests to confirm whether it belongs to MH370.

However some experts have warned that even though a positive ID would help the case, it still will not solve it.

Captain Tilmann Gabriel is assistant professor at City University in London and a former senior aviation executive with Lufthansa.

He told Newstalk Breakfast there is little doubt it is from the missing aircraft.