KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 ― Plane manufacturer Boeing Company said today it continues to share its technical expertise and analysis with the search for Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370, after debris linked to the missing aircraft was found on the French island of Réunion yesterday.

Boeing also said that it still aim to not only find the airplane, but also learn what happened to the Boeing 777.

“We continue to share our technical expertise and analysis. Our goal, along with the entire global aviation industry, continues to be not only to find the airplane, but also to determine what happened ― and why.

“In accordance with international protocol governing aviation accident investigations, inquiries relating to an active investigation must be directed to the investigator in charge,” Boeing said in a brief statement as carried by British daily The Guardian.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said yesterday Malaysia has sent a team to Réunion Island off the east coast of Africa to determine whether washed-up debris may be from the missing MH370 that is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean last year.

Eric Chesneau, an officer in the air transport police of the French Indian Ocean territory Réunion, told news agency Reuters that it was “more than likely plane debris” that had washed up, but further inspection was needed.

Flight MH370 went missing while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 last year, carrying 239 people.