Possible MH370 Debris Found in Reunion

[Costa Fierro]

Malaysia has sent a team to verify whether plane debris washed up on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean could be part of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, its transport minister has said.

The missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished at night over the South China Sea on 8 March 2014, travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

“Whatever wreckage found needs to be further verified before we can further confirm whether it belongs to MH370,” transport minister Liow Tiong Lai told reporters in New York. “So we have dispatched a team to investigate on this issues and we hope that we can identify it as soon as possible.”

The two-metre (6ft) piece of wreckage, which seemed to be part of a wing, was found by people cleaning up a beach, and police on the island are investigating.

An unnamed US official told Associated Press on Wednesday that air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that the debris is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777 model. The official claims that investigators – including a Boeing air safety investigator – have identified the component as a flaperon, part of the trailing edge of a 777 wing. The officials spoke on condition that they not be named because they are not authorised to speak publicly.

An international search operation for the missing plane found no physical clues, but ongoing efforts have been focusing on the southern Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia, based on faint signals picked up by satellite after the plane went missing.

Could this be the breakthrough we're looking for?

A considerable piece of an aircraft has been found on Reunion Island, a French territory in the western Indian Ocean close to Madagascar. Although it hasn't been proven yet, it is very much possible that this large piece could be a flap or part of a flap or aileron of a Boeing 777, the type of aircraft that went missing last year.

If it does turn out to be the part of MH370, it would be a breakthrough in the sense that we'd finally have the right ocean to search but it would still take months to properly locate the rest of the debris. If not, then it would also beg the question of where this piece of aircraft came from.

So, what say NSG?

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I was reading about that. The debris has been, or it's believed that it's been in the water for a year, which correlates with Malaysia Air's accident. I guess we have to wait and see as the investigation has barely begun. If it is a piece of this particular Boeing 777, it hopefully gives the families some form of closure.

[Actan]

Nobody tell CNN.

[Napkiraly]

Malaysia has sent a team to verify whether plane debris washed up on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean could be part of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, its transport minister has said.

The missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished at night over the South China Sea on 8 March 2014, travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

“Whatever wreckage found needs to be further verified before we can further confirm whether it belongs to MH370,” transport minister Liow Tiong Lai told reporters in New York. “So we have dispatched a team to investigate on this issues and we hope that we can identify it as soon as possible.”

The two-metre (6ft) piece of wreckage, which seemed to be part of a wing, was found by people cleaning up a beach, and police on the island are investigating.

An unnamed US official told Associated Press on Wednesday that air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that the debris is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777 model. The official claims that investigators – including a Boeing air safety investigator – have identified the component as a flaperon, part of the trailing edge of a 777 wing. The officials spoke on condition that they not be named because they are not authorised to speak publicly.

An international search operation for the missing plane found no physical clues, but ongoing efforts have been focusing on the southern Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia, based on faint signals picked up by satellite after the plane went missing.

Could this be the breakthrough we're looking for?

A considerable piece of an aircraft has been found on Reunion Island, a French territory in the western Indian Ocean close to Madagascar. Although it hasn't been proven yet, it is very much possible that this large piece could be a flap or part of a flap or aileron of a Boeing 777, the type of aircraft that went missing last year.

If it does turn out to be the part of MH370, it would be a breakthrough in the sense that we'd finally have the right ocean to search but it would still take months to properly locate the rest of the debris. If not, then it would also beg the question of where this piece of aircraft came from.

So, what say NSG?

Er not really, considering it's last known position. The piece probably just floated along the currents until it there was a reunion with humanity.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Malaysia has sent a team to verify whether plane debris washed up on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean could be part of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, its transport minister has said.

The missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished at night over the South China Sea on 8 March 2014, travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

“Whatever wreckage found needs to be further verified before we can further confirm whether it belongs to MH370,” transport minister Liow Tiong Lai told reporters in New York. “So we have dispatched a team to investigate on this issues and we hope that we can identify it as soon as possible.”

The two-metre (6ft) piece of wreckage, which seemed to be part of a wing, was found by people cleaning up a beach, and police on the island are investigating.

An unnamed US official told Associated Press on Wednesday that air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that the debris is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777 model. The official claims that investigators – including a Boeing air safety investigator – have identified the component as a flaperon, part of the trailing edge of a 777 wing. The officials spoke on condition that they not be named because they are not authorised to speak publicly.

An international search operation for the missing plane found no physical clues, but ongoing efforts have been focusing on the southern Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia, based on faint signals picked up by satellite after the plane went missing.

Could this be the breakthrough we're looking for?

A considerable piece of an aircraft has been found on Reunion Island, a French territory in the western Indian Ocean close to Madagascar. Although it hasn't been proven yet, it is very much possible that this large piece could be a flap or part of a flap or aileron of a Boeing 777, the type of aircraft that went missing last year.

If it does turn out to be the part of MH370, it would be a breakthrough in the sense that we'd finally have the right ocean to search but it would still take months to properly locate the rest of the debris. If not, then it would also beg the question of where this piece of aircraft came from.

So, what say NSG?

Er not really, considering it's last known position. The piece probably just floated along the currents until it there was a reunion with humanity.

I have to say that, considering where Reunion is and where the plane was headed (Beijing), the location of the wing piece is problematic.

[Kaboomlandia]

Cross our fingers that it's part of MH370. The investigation might finally have its breakthrough.

[Alyakia]

i thought MJ730 was that one plane that went down over ukraine and was very very confused as to the logistics of how it got to réunion

[Ashmoria]

Er not really, considering it's last known position. The piece probably just floated along the currents until it there was a reunion with humanity.

I have to say that, considering where Reunion is and where the plane was headed (Beijing), the location of the wing piece is problematic.

I don't see why. we know it didn't go toward Beijing. we were pretty sure it ended up in the indian ocean. this piece was found on an island in the indian ocean.

it would have been problematic if it had been found somewhere in the pacific.

[Ifreann]

This proves conclusively that it was aliens.

[Romalae]

Given the geographical span of the Indian Ocean gyre, it would certainly make sense that a piece could be found in the area of Réunion. We'll have to await the results.

[Napkiraly]

I have to say that, considering where Reunion is and where the plane was headed (Beijing), the location of the wing piece is problematic.

I don't see why. we know it didn't go toward Beijing. we were pretty sure it ended up in the indian ocean. this piece was found on an island in the indian ocean.

it would have been problematic if it had been found somewhere in the pacific.

Well after awhile it became known that it had to have gone down in the southern Indian Ocean. However the vast amount of space between where Reunion and the area it is believed to have gone down is quite large. As said it just drifted along the currents. We'll most likely never recover a lot of the pieces unless they wash up and are found. It'd honestly be a waste to scour the Indian Ocean looking for tiny bits of debris.

[Ashmoria]

I don't see why. we know it didn't go toward Beijing. we were pretty sure it ended up in the indian ocean. this piece was found on an island in the indian ocean.

it would have been problematic if it had been found somewhere in the pacific.

Well after awhile it became known that it had to have gone down in the southern Indian Ocean. However the vast amount of space between where Reunion and the area it is believed to have gone down is quite large. As said it just drifted along the currents. We'll most likely never recover a lot of the pieces unless they wash up and are found. It'd honestly be a waste to scour the Indian Ocean looking for tiny bits of debris.

but it would be good to find the bulk of the wreck so that the experts can figure out what happened.

[Risottia]

A considerable piece of an aircraft has been found on Reunion Island, a French region in the western Indian Ocean close to Madagascar.

It's not a dependent territory, it's a region of the French Republic - just like, dunno, Corsica, Guyane or Normandie.
/nitpick

If it does turn out to be the part of MH370, it would be a breakthrough in the sense that we'd finally have the right ocean to search but it would still take months to properly locate the rest of the debris.

Years, more likely. The bloody Indian Ocean is vast.

[Napkiraly]

Well after awhile it became known that it had to have gone down in the southern Indian Ocean. However the vast amount of space between where Reunion and the area it is believed to have gone down is quite large. As said it just drifted along the currents. We'll most likely never recover a lot of the pieces unless they wash up and are found. It'd honestly be a waste to scour the Indian Ocean looking for tiny bits of debris.

but it would be good to find the bulk of the wreck so that the experts can figure out what happened.

It would be nice but we'll probably never know the exact location since we only have guesses over when it went down and approximately where it went down. It's a lot of deep ocean to search over for something that is most likely millions of pieces. I mean Swissair 111 took a long time to recover everything and that was in waters where the depth was only something like 50-60m and an hour for nearby Canadian naval vessels to reach. It took four years to figure everything out. We'll most likely never find most of the pieces and know what happened and it's already the most expensive and exhaustive search in aviation history.

[Jaxukuk]

If this is indeed part of the missing plane, it will put the hearts of many people at rest.

Looking at the graphic on that website though… just shows you the power of the sea.

[Kaboomlandia]

i thought MJ730 was that one plane that went down over ukraine and was very very confused as to the logistics of how it got to réunion

That was MH17.

[Sebtopiaris]

just in case you didn't already know they were ded

[Dumb Ideologies]

I wonder if the rest of the plane will eventually wash up there and get back together.

[Romalae]

I wonder if the rest of the plane will eventually wash up there and get back together.

Not likely. I heard there was an American on board, so he will have sank to the bottom of the ocean.


joke in bad taste?

[Alyakia]

I wonder if the rest of the plane will eventually wash up there and get back together.

Not likely. I heard there was an American on board, so he will have sank to the bottom of the ocean.


joke in bad taste?

i don't it. seriously.

fake edit: oh is it joke about the number of obese people in america? in actual fact that extra weight (should it exist) would make them more buoyant and help them retain body heat to ward off hypothermia. the joke is on you, ho ho.