KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — The debris discovered on the Réunion Island correlates with calculations on where parts of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 should appear, according to an Australian oceanographer.

University of Western Australia oceanographer Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, who produced a drift model last year of possible areas debris from the plane may float to, told The Australian Financial Review that the prediction tallied with the location the suspected wing flap was found.

“Our drift modelling says exactly that ― it's almost eery,” he was quoted saying.

“It's likely that more will wash ashore there in the coming weeks.”

However, due to the time between the plane’s disappearance last year and potential debris discovery, he said it would not be possible to pinpoint the spot where the plane might have gone down.

The drift model calculations by the university predicted that if MH370 had crashed into the Indian ocean, the debris would move east or west from the crash site with debris washing up on the east African coast or islands nearby like Réunion.

A plane’s flaperon was found earlier today on the Réunion Island off the east coast of Africa, which has raised questions of its link to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai this morning said that a Malaysian team has been sent to investigate the washed-up debris.

French authorities are currently attempting to identify the part.

MH370 and all 239 people on board went missing while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.