The headline of the article is exactly what the HN title says. But the sub-headline says "Fragments of a wing washed up in the French island of Reunion could be wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, says aviation expert" (emphasis added).
The "matches" in the headline is only that it came from the same model (Boeing 777) as MH370 - not from the actual plane.
> The "matches" in the headline is only that it came from the same model (Boeing 777) as MH370 - not from the actual plane.
There have only been three 777 crashes [0], and the other two were firmly on land.
Well, the Asiana one at San Francisco clipped a sea wall but the flaps arrived on land. So unless someone has been throwing major 777 wing components into the sea, this is a pretty compelling match.
* [0] Plus two other hull losses whilst static at airports
The "matches" in the headline is only that it came from the same model (Boeing 777) as MH370 - not from the actual plane.