KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 — An aviation expert says the resting place of MH370 on the vast sea floor of the Indian Ocean can be pinpointed if more of the wreckage of the Malaysian Airlines plane is found.

Prof Dr Mohd Harridon Mohamed Suffian, head of research and innovation of Universiti Kuala Lumpur, was explaining why more wreckage debris was being sought after the flaperon found on the French Unity Island was confirmed to be from the Malaysian Airlines plane.

He said that marine residues would usually be trapped in a wreckage.

Detached parts of the wreckage that drifted ashore would carry the residues, and these could be analysed, he told Bernama.

"Using Marine Ecosystems Analysis, comparing samples and recorded marine data, scientists can determine where the residues originated," Mohd Harridon said.

"With more of the wreckage found, scientists would have more data, and more data means better chance of analysis accuracy."

Mohd Harridon said: "Areas of the ocean can be classified according to marine ecosystems. Thus, the residues could show the path of the recovered parts as they drifted to the shore."

MH370 went missing with 239 people aboard while flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014. — Bernama