France is to launch new air, land and sea searches around Réunion Island to try and find more wreckage from MH370, reports Sky News.
News of the deployment came as relatives of passengers aboard the flight staged a noisy and emotional protest in Beijing.
They shouted, chanted, and knelt on the ground crying, demanding more action from Malaysia and information about their missing loved ones.
Zhang Yonglin, whose daughter was on board the plane, said: "I'm not going to back down, this is the time and I have the determination, even a gun is to my head, I won't back down one step."
France said it was ramping up its search off the coast of the French-governed island after Malaysia confirmed a piece of wing debris was from MH370.
"We have decided to deploy additional aerial and maritime assets to search for potential new debris off Réunion Island," France's Defence Ministry said in a statement on its website.
The French decision came as Malaysia also appealed to the governments of Mauritius and Madagascar east of Reunion to help widen the search area.