Last week's discovery of a two-meter-long wing part called a flaperon, apparently from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, has provided the first glimmer of hope for relatives desperate for answers in what remains one of the biggest mysteries in the history of aviation.
Malaysia said Friday it was dramatically expanding the already vast scope of its search for a missing passenger plane, admitting it was no closer to solving the agonizing aviation mystery a week after the jet vanished.
Vietnam said its search planes spotted oil slicks in the sea near where a Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 people mysteriously vanished on Saturday, in the first hint at the aircraft's possible fate.
