But Malaysia’s Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said it was premature to speculate whether the debris found in the Maldives is connected to the doomed flight. Meanwhile the search was continuing on the French island of Reunion. Local municipal workers combed the island’s eastern shore, hefting bags they filled with whatever they found: old cloth, part of a tire, plastic bottles and other objects they found washed up on the rocks and sand.
ABC’s Tom Rivers joined us from London, England Tuesday to discuss.