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Conflicting Malaysia Flight Reports Anger Families

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There is confusion and anger after Malaysia's prime minister claimed plane wreckage found on an island in the Indian Ocean last week is from the missing Flight MH370.

"It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that an international team of experts has conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed MH370," Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told reporters early Thursday.

But French authorities who are doing tests on the part say they can't confirm that claim, yet.

And Australian and U.S. officials agree they can't be absolutely certain without more tests.

Families of the passengers on the missing airliner are furious over the conflicting reports. They've been waiting for any information about their missing loved ones for more than 500 days.

"Why do you have one confirm and one not?" asked Sara Weeks, whose brother, New Zealander Paul Weeks, was on board the flight. "Why not wait and get everybody on the same page so the families don't need to go through this turmoil?"

"I was left somewhat confused and, frankly, a little angry and dismayed," CNN quoted K.S. Narendran, whose wife was one of the passengers.

"I didn't hear facts. I didn't hear the basics. I heard nothing," he said. "And so it leaves me wondering whether there is a foregone conclusion and everyone is racing for the finish."

"We do not want to hear guarantees of 99 percent likelihood from certain authorities," the families of Chinese passengers said in a statement. "We need confirmation of 100 percent certainty."

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