Reporters from Antenne Reunion looked at the debris, which Forestier said was about 2 meters by 1 meter (6.5 feet by 3 feet). “If it is a part from a triple 7, we can be fairly confident it is from 370 because there just haven’t been that many triple 7 crashes and there haven’t been any in this area,” said CNN aviation analyst Mary Schiavo.Īntoine Forestier, a journalist on the island where the debris was found, said people who were on shore gardening saw the plane part drifting in the ocean. Soucie acknowledged, however, that the part could be coated in something from the ocean. However, the part appears to be coated in white paint, which would run counter to Soucie’s other observations in that the 777’s parts would be coated in zinc chromate, not paint. There also is a seal on the top of the part that “is consistent with what I would see on an inside flap on a triple 7,” he said, and the barnacles on the part are consistent with the “parasitic activity” that would take place from being underwater so long. “This is from a sudden impact, it looks like to me,” Soucie said. The first is that the part appears to have been torn off the aircraft. There are at least three elements of the discovery that are consistent with MH370, said CNN safety analyst David Soucie. YANNICK PITONYANNICK PITON/AFP/Getty Images This means crash investigators may be able to figure it out from photographs of the part, which could be an aileron, a flap or a flaperon, even before arriving on the island, he said.Īirplane debris is being examined to see if it's connected to MH370.
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Making the determination should be “very simple” because the serial numbers riveted to numerous parts of the plane can be linked to not only the plane’s model, but also the exact aircraft, said CNN aviation analyst Les Abend, who flew 777s during his 30 years as a pilot. “At the moment, it would be too premature for the airline to speculate on the origin of the flaperon,” the carrier said.ĬNN analysts said there are indications the airplane part could be from a Boeing 777, and if that’s the case, it’s likely from MH370.
Malaysia Airlines said it was working with authorities to determine where the part came from. So we have dispatched a team to investigate on these issues and we hope that we can identify it as soon as possible,” the minister said. We have wreckage found that needs to be further verified before we can further confirm if it belongs to MH370. The Malaysian government has dispatched a team to Reunion Island to investigate the debris, Malaysian Minister of Transportation Liow Tiong Lai said in New York. If this turns out to be a piece of MH370, it would be the first piece of physical evidence that the plane crashed.Įarlier, Retournat said the debris appeared to be a wing flap and had been taken to the island, about 380 nautical miles off the coast of Madagascar. “But, yeah, up until now, I and most of the family members have continued to believe that until we have a body … we can’t give up hoping they will still come back.” And reality will have to take over,” she said holding back tears. “If ultimately this is the piece of the wing, then that little thread of hope that I have been holding on to will, will have to break. She wants verification, she told “Anderson Cooper 360˚.” Bajc said as an emotional safety mechanism she disbelieves any reports like Wednesday’s discovery. Sarah Bajc, whose partner, Philip Wood, was on MH370, said her “heart has been in my throat for most of the day.”ĭuring the initial days of the search for the plane, there were several reports of possible debris sightings in the waters closer to where authorities believe the plane went down, but none of those was actual wreckage. “I think it is premature to feel that it is all coming to a close or that we are even closer to the truth.” It is still a little early to suggest it does belong to MH370,” he told CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” from India. All we know is that a small part has been found. Narendran, whose wife was on the plane, said he was reticent to call the discovery a major development. Yannick Pitonyaninick Piton/AFP/Getty Images/FILE Police carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found off the coast of Reunion island.
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