A piece of debris that experts believe could be from missing flight MH370 has arrived in Paris from the French Island where it was found on Wednesday.

The object, believed to be part of a wing of a Boeing 777, was flown to the French capital from Reunion in the Indian Ocean.

From there it would be transported to a Defence Ministry laboratory in Toulouse for analysis.

Martin Dolan, who heads Australia’s search efforts, had earlier said that the operation was continuing “in the right place” in the southern part of the ocean.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vanished in March 2014.

There were 239 passengers and crew on board.