Friday, July 31, 2015

Flight MH370: A week or more needed to determine debris origin

It may take a week or more for investigators to determine whether a piece of debris found earlier on Wednesday in a French island in the Indian Ocean came from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, U.S. media report quoted sources on Thursday.

According to the U.S. daily The New York Times, a French official with knowledge of the investigations, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the object, which appeared to be part of a wing torn from a jetliner, has already been crated and sealed for shipment to France.

However, the official said the shipping could take two or three days before it reaches Paris, where it would then be transported to an aviation laboratory in Toulouse for analysis. The analysis could take several more days, said the New York Times report.

So far, U.S. investigators have concluded based on photos and videos that the piece of debris, reported to be about eight feet long and three feet wide, came from a Boeing 777. Since the missing MH370 was the only Boeing 777 known to be missing, U.S. investigators believed that the debris was likely from MH370, a missing plane with 239 people on board that vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China in March 2014.

Meanwhile, the U.S. TV network CNN on Wednesday quoted Boeing officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying that initial assessment of the photos of the debris led to findings which suggested that the debris is consistent in appearance with a Boeing 777's flaperon, a wing component unique to the Boeing 777.

In contrast to confidence of U.S. investigators, French authorities, which would be in charge of the investigations, appeared wary. In a statement on Thursday, the French Justice Ministry said that "at this stage, the origin of the debris is not identified." 

  Xinhua - china.org.cn
31/7/15
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  1. Australia 'increasingly confident' debris from MH370...

    Australian search authorities have said they are "increasingly confident" plane debris that washed up on a tiny Indian Ocean island is from missing flight MH370.

    Formal identification of the plane part found on La Reunion is possible within 24 hours.

    Many experts believe that the debris is almost certainly part of a Boeing 777.

    MH370 is believed to be the only 777 to have crashed south of the equator since the jet came into service 20 years ago.

    A source close to the investigation said the plan was to transfer the wing flap to France, along with a fragment of luggage that had also been found in the area.

    The wing part would be sent to a military unit near Toulouse, while the luggage fragment may go to a police unit that specialises in DNA tests.

    If the debris is confirmed to be from MH370, experts will try to retrace its drift back to where the bulk of the plane likely sank on impact.

    However, they cautioned that the discovery was unlikely to provide any more precise information about the aircraft's final resting place.

    The debris was found on Wednesday washed up on La Reunion, a volcanic island of 850,000 people that is a full part of France, located in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar.............http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0731/718370-mh370/
    31/7/15

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  2. Nouveaux débris retrouvés à La Réunion: "Aucun n'a été placé sous scellé"...

    Aucun objet ou nouveau débris susceptible de provenir d'un avion n'a été placé sous scellés dimanche sur l'île française de la Réunion, a déclaré à l'AFP une source judiciaire, démentant une précédente information.

    Cette source a "démenti tout placement sous scellés d'objet ou de débris susceptibles de provenir d'un avion, dans le cadre de la procédure judiciaire en cours" sur la disparition du vol MH370 de la Malaysia Airlines.

    Une source proche de l'enquête avait auparavant affirmé que des "débris métalliques" retrouvés sur le littoral de l'île de la Réunion avaient été placés sous scellés, précisant que rien n'indiquait qu'il s'agisse de pièces provenant d'un avion.

    Mercredi, un fragment d'aile, provenant vraisemblablement d'un Boeing 777 similaire à celui de la Malaysia Airlines disparu, avait été retrouvé sur l'île de l'océan Indien, avant d'être acheminé près de Toulouse (sud-ouest de la France) pour y être expertisé.

    Une pièce en métal de 10 cm sur 10

    Une pièce en métal d'environ 10 centimètres sur 10 a notamment été récupérée par les gendarmes sur le littoral de Saint-Denis, dans le nord de l'île, dimanche en fin de matinée, a constaté un photographe de l'AFP.

    C'est un promeneur qui a retrouvé ce morceau de métal, en partie recouvert par les gros galets se trouvant en bord de mer. Après de premières constatations, les policiers arrivés sur place ont alerté les gendarmes de la brigade des transports aériens chargés des investigations..........http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_vol-mh370-une-nouvelle-piece-metallique-decouverte-a-la-reunion?id=9045538

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  3. MH370 search: More debris washes up on Reunion Island...

    A piece of wreckage that washed up on an island in the Indian Ocean is from a Boeing 777 -- the same type of aircraft as the long-missing MH370, Malaysian authorities said Sunday.

    France and the United States identified the flaperon found on a Reunion Island beach as one from that particular type of Boeing, Malaysia's transportation ministry said. A flaperon is part of an aircraft's wing that helps control its speed and banking angle.

    Experts will determine whether the debris found on the French territory of Reunion Island last week is from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370................http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/02/world/mh370-debris-investigation/index.html
    2/8/15

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