Malaysia Jet missing-Officials conclude crash in Indian ocean/all lives presumed lost

[MRCboicgy]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Bump- this will be on Mayday tonight. 6:00 and 10:00 on Discovery.

Well, that will be an open-ended episode

[Bigtime]

Just hitting twitter right now, not confirmed at all:

https://twitter.com/PeurAvion/status/626391215349612544

Perhaps debris that could be from MH370 washing up on Reunion Island east of Madagascar.

[blueski]

Yeah looks like they found part of it, will take a while to officially confirm it:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/29/africa...investigation/

[Bigtime]

Nothing confirmed yet, also worth nothing that closer to this island there has been a 767 and 747 crash too.

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Nothing confirmed yet, also worth nothing that closer to this island there has been a 767 and 747 crash too.

Which 747 crash was that?

[KelVarnsen]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Which 747 crash was that?

I think he is referring to SA295.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_...ays_Flight_295

[burn_this_city]

You would think if it came from a crash 28 years ago it would be more weathered and covered in barnacles.

[Bigtime]

That is true, but the rush to immediately link this to MH370 needs to be tempered. Hopefully they can get some serial numbers off the part and be able to confirm which plane it came from.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

You would think if it came from a crash 28 years ago it would be more weathered and covered in barnacles.

Additionally, the piece found seems to be unique to the 777 which as a type is not that old having first flown in 1994. Only 5 hulls have been lost, all recently, and all accounted for except for MH370.

[sharkov]

Do the 747, 767and 777 share parts? If so then it could be more complicated

[#-3]

Looking a the ocean current if it is the same plane, does that mean the crash was far further than off the coast of Perth?

[T@T]

Originally Posted by sharkov

Do the 747, 767and 777 share parts? If so then it could be more complicated

No but the wing parts for a 777 and 747 are close in size, that part looks like a part of a flap or aileron off of some sort of jumbo. It won't take long till it's identified to the aircraft it came from. Every part has serials.

[oilyfan]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...service=mobile

It looks like they are confirming it to be from a 777

[Acey]

Originally Posted by sharkov

Do the 747, 767and 777 share parts? If so then it could be more complicated

Well there's a million parts on a airplane, so indeed some or common... but key elements of the airframe are not shared. This "flaperon" is unique to the 777 in this application. It's a piece that acts as a flap (the part that extends from the wing during takeoff/landing to create more lift) but also augments the aileron (to bank/turn the plane), hence "flaperon".

[T@T]

Originally Posted by Acey

Well there's a million parts on a airplane, so indeed some or common... but key elements of the airframe are not shared. This "flaperon" is unique to the 777 in this application. It's a piece that acts as a flap (the part that extends from the wing during takeoff/landing to create more lift) but also augments the aileron (to bank/turn the plane), hence "flaperon".

If it looks like a duck....

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by #-3

Looking a the ocean current if it is the same plane, does that mean the crash was far further than off the coast of Perth?

It's difficult to say with any certainty but, it sure looks that way.




http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mh370-search-too-early-to-tell-whether-debris-on-r%C3%A9union-island-is-part-of-missing-jet-1.3172431

[Tsawwassen]

This news link is from 4 months ago.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/was-air-traffic-supervisor-sleeping-when-mh370-disappeared-malaysia-vows-answers/article23417566/

[Baxter Renegade]

Some further action on Reunion Island:

After a piece of a plane was found on a Reunion Island beach in the Indian Ocean, suspicions immediately arose that it was a piece of long-missing MH370. Authorities were not yet able to substantiate that claim when another piece of debris washed up on the island: a suitcase. The suitcase was found about ten feet away from the airplane part.

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/...q?ocid=ieslice

[FlameOn]

Debris field map relative to the estimated position of the plane


I was watching CTV news and they were saying the flap was confirmed to be from a 777? MH370 is the only 777 listed as missing...

[Acey]

Unfortunately, this doesn't necessarily mean they're going to find the airplane. All it will do, for now, is suppress some conspiracy theories that the plane is intact in Russia and the passengers are being held as slaves.

And that's not even the wildest theory I've heard.