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Indian Ocean Debris Believed To Come From Missing Flight MH370

Posted by timothy on from the truth-will-out dept.

McGruber writes that air crash investigators, though maintaining that it is "too early to tell" with certainty, have 'a high degree of confidence' that a piece of wreckage found on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion is from a Boeing 777 — the same model as the doomed MH370 which disappeared in March 2014. Investigators will need to examine closely the wreckage to link it to MH370, but MH370 was the only Boeing 777 ever lost over water.

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  1. A "Badly-Damaged" Suitcase has also been found by McGruber · · Score: 5, Informative

    A 'badly-damaged' suitcase has also been found in the same area: Google Translation of French-Language news report

    1. Re:A "Badly-Damaged" Suitcase has also been found by McGruber · · Score: 4, Informative

      If you open the link, scroll down to the bottom of the page -- there are three pictures posted there, underneath the video of talking-heads.

  2. Re:Bad news for recovery of the black boxes by Thelasko · · Score: 4, Informative

    I imagine jet wings that are empty of fuel will float around for a while.

    Wings that are full of fuel will float too, because jet fuel has a lower density than water.

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  3. Currents by Solandri · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you look at the currents in the Indian Ocean, and trace backwards from Reunion (it and Mauritius are the two dots east of Madagascar), you pass right through the area they've been searching off of Australia.