Malaysia airlines 370 with 239 people on board, 8 March 2014 #25

[Friday Fan]

Fairly in-depth article from Sydney Morning Herald.

There is a part number on the multi-riveted, metal, aircraft looking, flap shaped "thing" (I don't want to get my hopes up)

Debris on Reunion Island likely from MH370, US officials say

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/debris-...icials-say-20150730-ginitv.html#ixzz3hLgMBBNB

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Does anyone find it "interesting" that , after all this time, there were what 12 tiny barnicles on it? Looks nice and fresh,

at 320 here they are in action

[video=youtube;nqxUpdPlNKk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxUpdPlNKk[/video]

Well...of course you would make me think.

OT/ Nice to see you. I knew you would be here and on top of this!

 

[gregjrichards]

I just feel deflated on this news .

I don't feel excitement ..just feel "deflated "

I know how you feel I'm sure we all do. We just all became despondent and thought the plane had vanished for good never to be seen again & suddenly this possible breakthrough. It isn't happy excitement just a sense of relief that finally we may know something after over a year of theory after theory. Unfortunately this discovery if it is the plane won't give many answers ok the plane crashed and ended up in the sea in bits but where are the passengers & crew? How did it end up in the sea? Where is the rest of the plane? Does this piece of debris show signs of an explosion etc?

P.s nice to see all of you here again thanks for your posts and updates.

 

[jmcgladr]

Don't know if this link has been posted yet, but The Guardian is having rolling updates. According to the Malaysian minister, it is "almost certainly" from the 777. It appears to be a 777 "flaperon" and MH 370 is the only missing 777 in the world. This is very exciting to me, as someone who followed this case for months and always wanted to see this mystery solved.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...bris-found-reunion-island?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

 

[gregjrichards]

"Julien Delarue, a journalist with Journal de L’île de la Réunion, says local police on the ground have confirmed reports that remnants of a badly damaged suitcase have been found at Saint-André, close to where the plane debris was recovered.

But investigators would now have to assess whether there could be any possible connection to the debris, he said. The chances are high that this is a coincidence."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...ible-breakthrough-debris-found-reunion-island

 

[corundogs]

Right. I would be hard for it to be anything BUT MH370. It is the only 777 to have ever crashed and not been recovered. There are only 4 total crashes for this plane, one being shot down so IMO doesn't count as a crash. San Francisco Asiana and Heathrow - I forget what airline - both crashed on landing.

So if this flaperon is from a 777, there is no other plane it could belong to. I get they have to be careful...but come on.

Now what, though?? That is A LOT of ocean between the suspected crash site and where this flaperon was found.

I haven't read all of the reports and while CNN has been on my tv all day and night it has been muted, so this may be out there...how remote is this area? Did it just float up in the last day or whatever? Or could it have been out there where it was found for months?

 

[corundogs]

"Julien Delarue, a journalist with Journal de L’île de la Réunion, says local police on the ground have confirmed reports that remnants of a badly damaged suitcase have been found at Saint-André, close to where the plane debris was recovered.

But investigators would now have to assess whether there could be any possible connection to the debris, he said. The chances are high that this is a coincidence."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...ible-breakthrough-debris-found-reunion-island

OK wait...a coincidence?

That being said, if this is from the MH370 too...what is happening that is causing this debris to show up now?

 

[katydid23]

OK wait...a coincidence?

That being said, if this is from the MH370 too...what is happening that is causing this debris to show up now?

A CNN reporter was saying there have been some bad storms and very big waves, small tsunami type waves recently. And that is maybe how the debris ended up on shore?

 

[squeaky]

still have a heavy heart over this terrible tragedy, but this news is encouraging. it will probably still be a while before they find the plane, but this development is huge. hopefully there are more developments soon

 

[ZaZara]

An incredible oceanographic model predicted a year ago that MH370 would end up exactly where debris has now been found

Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/ocean...now-been-found-2015-7?r=US&IR=T#ixzz3hMi3zGR8





The map was prepared a year ago and predicted the various possible paths of debris if MH370 did indeed crash into the water in the so-called "Southern Corridor," the vast area of the Indian Ocean that became the focus of international search efforts in the months after the plane disappeared.

Charitha Pattiaratchi, Professor of Coastal Oceanography at the University of Western Australia, said today that the discovery of the "flaperon" — a hybrid between an aileron and a flap — fit exactly with his models for debris distribution.

The map, which Pattiaratchi provided to Business Insider, shows where the debris would spread over various time periods, and Reunion island is exactly at the end point where the model says debris would travel after 18 months. It has now been over a year since the plane disappeared on March 8, 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China. It had 239 passengers and crew on board.



BBM

 

[corundogs]

An incredible oceanographic model predicted a year ago that MH370 would end up exactly where debris has now been found

Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/ocean...now-been-found-2015-7?r=US&IR=T#ixzz3hMi3zGR8


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The map was prepared a year ago and predicted the various possible paths of debris if MH370 did indeed crash into the water in the so-called "Southern Corridor," the vast area of the Indian Ocean that became the focus of international search efforts in the months after the plane disappeared.

Charitha Pattiaratchi, Professor of Coastal Oceanography at the University of Western Australia, said today that the discovery of the "flaperon" — a hybrid between an aileron and a flap — fit exactly with his models for debris distribution.

The map, which Pattiaratchi provided to Business Insider, shows where the debris would spread over various time periods, and Reunion island is exactly at the end point where the model says debris would travel after 18 months. It has now been over a year since the plane disappeared on March 8, 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China. It had 239 passengers and crew on board.



BBM

That is so crazy - not so much that what the predicted came true - but the fact that they are able to predict that kind of thing at all!!

Thanks for sharing that!

 

[squeaky]

AirLive.net reporting that "657-BB" code matches a "Flaperon Leading Edge Panel" for a Boeing 777. They have included pictures of the 777's maintenance manual. The manual lists the dimensions of this particular piece as "14x5" (no units indicated)

http://www.airlive.net/2015/07/breaking-piece-of-wing-found-on-la.html

 

[they'll get you]

Suitcase found near possible MH370 debris
Updated: 7:49 pm, Thursday, 30 July 2015

Less than a day after a two-metre long object that aviation experts say is likely a wing flap from a Boeing 777 was found on the island of Reunion, a photo has emerged of a man holding the tattered remains of a bag.

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/07/30/plane-debris-checked-for-mh370-ties.html

 

[they'll get you]

MH370: If debris confirmed, what next?

Identifying the wing fragment

Planes are stamped with multiple serial numbers for exactly this purpose -- to allow parts to be identified and matched to a specific model and aircraft.

"If the part numbers that are stamped on the pieces of the plane still survive, it literally could be a phone call to Boeing or the parts indices to see if it belongs to a 777. And if it belongs to a 777, it is MH370," said Mary Schiavo, CNN aviation analyst and former inspector general of the United States Department of Transportation.

Schiavo points out that there have been only five accidents involving Boeing 777s, and the disappearance of MH370 is the only one where debris hasn't been recovered.



http://m.wmur.com/national/mh370-if-debris-confirmed-what-next/34434934

 

[they'll get you]

10.50
The Perth wife of MH370 passenger Paul Weeks said she has been told to expect to find out within 24 hours if wreckage washed up an Indian Ocean island belongs to the missing airliner.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/11772187/MH370-debris-found-live.html

 

[popsicle]

Antoine Forestier ‏@a_forestier [video=twitter;626666179512401920]https://twitter.com/a_forestier/status/626666179512401920[/video]
Picture of the suitcase found this morning at Saint-André ! (credit : @Linfore) #ReunionIsland

 

[ZaZara]

Statement of Malaysian PM:

http://najibrazak.com/blog/pm-najib-razaks-statement-on-the-discovery-of-aircraft-debris/


PM Najib Razak’s Statement on the Discovery of Aircraft Debris
Julai 30, 2015

Malaysia has received news from French authorities about airline debris washed up on Reunion, the French island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.

Initial reports suggest that the debris is very likely to be from a Boeing 777, but we need to verify whether it is from flight MH370. At this stage it is too early to speculate.

To find out as fast as possible, the debris will be shipped by French authorities to Toulouse, site of the nearest office of the BEA, the French authority responsible for civil aviation accident investigations.

A Malaysian team is on the way to Toulouse now. It includes senior representatives from the Ministry of Transport, the Department of Civil Aviation, the MH370 investigation team, and Malaysia Airlines.

Simultaneously, a second Malaysian team is travelling to where the debris was found on Reunion.

The location is consistent with the drift analysis provided to the Malaysian investigation team, which showed a route from the southern Indian Ocean to Africa.

As soon as we have more information or any verification we will make it public. We have had many false alarms before, but for the sake of the families who have lost loved ones, and suffered such heartbreaking uncertainty, I pray that we will find out the truth so that they may have closure and peace.

I promise the families of those lost that whatever happens, we will not give up.

YAB DATO’ SRI NAJIB TUN RAZAK
PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA


BBM

 

[Hatfield]

wow. I suppose once confirmed the searchers should start at that island and work their way back towards where the think the drift went.

Just glad they found something.

 

[Hatfield]

Don't know if this link has been posted yet, but The Guardian is having rolling updates. According to the Malaysian minister, it is "almost certainly" from the 777. It appears to be a 777 "flaperon" and MH 370 is the only missing 777 in the world. This is very exciting to me, as someone who followed this case for months and always wanted to see this mystery solved.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...bris-found-reunion-island?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

Totally agree.

We cannot change whatever happened and its much better to find it than to never know what happened.

 

[Hatfield]

I know its way too early to tell anything, but I wonder if finding the flap is a sign that the flaps were extended and could they tell if the plane was trying to slow its landing ?

They need to search around that island too.