MH370 search: Chinese and Indonesian items washed ashore on Reunion
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MH370 search: Chinese and Indonesian items washed ashore on Reunion
A Chinese water bottle and an Indonesian cleaning product have washed up on Reunion Island, where debris that could be from MH370 was found this week. Experts are preparing to analyse the piece of aircraft, which could be part of a wing from the Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished last year. Malaysian officials are confident the piece is from MH370, as a police helicopter searches the remote Indian Ocean island for more debris.
This wreckage has been in the water, if it is MH370, for well over a year, so it could have moved so far that it’s not going to be that helpful in pinpointing precisely where the aircraft is.
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss
Malaysian Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said on Friday it is “almost certain” that the piece is from a Boeing 777 aircraft. A day earlier, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak said the debris is “very likely to be from a Boeing 777”. Aviation experts have identified the debris from photos as a wing flaperon, used to control the plane’s roll and provide extra lift or drag. Malaysia experts are due to arrive in the island to examine the piece, before the debris is flown to the French city of Toulouse, where it is due to arrive on Saturday. It will be examined at a special defence facility used for aircraft testing and analysis, according to the French Defence Ministry.
