Kuala Lumpur: Wreckage washed up on a remote Indian Ocean island is 'very likely from a Boeing 777', the same model as MH370 that mysteriously vanished over a year ago with 239 people including five Indians on board, and will be sent to France to determine whether it is from the same plane.

"Initial reports suggest that the debris is very likely to be from a Boeing 777, but we need to verify whether it is from flight MH370," Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday. Malaysia's Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi earlier said it was 'almost certain' that the wreckage was from a Boeing 777 aircraft.