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MH370: Fragment Is From Missing Flight
hcs_$reboot writes: The plane part (the flaperon) that was found on a beach in the Indian Ocean on Réunion island was determined to be part of MH370, the Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished more than a year ago. Some experts have postulated that the damage suggests the flaperon may have been deployed when the plane hit the water, meaning that someone in the cockpit was consciously manipulating the controls. The Malaysian Prime Minister said at a press conference "We now have physical evidence that ... Flight MH370 tragically ended in the Southern Indian Ocean.".
Cue the CNN 24 Hour Over-Coverage Machine in 3... 2... 1...
"Grab them by the pussy" -- President of the United States of America
If you RTFA, there's a link to another article that states their reasons.
http://abcnews.go.com/Internat...
Based on preliminary observations, Former NTSB Aviation Safety Director Tom Haueter says the part –- identified by Malaysia Airlines as a “flaperon,” a wing component used for balance –- appears to have a pristine leading edge. The rear section, called the trailing edge, appears to be missing.
“To me, it indicates that it was not a high speed, high angle impact, because if that had happened, the leading edge would be crushed,” Haueter, an ABC News contributor, said. “What I don’t see is a severe nose down impact.”
The condition of the debris suggests the flaps were down at the time of the crash, possibly indicating that “somebody's controlling the aircraft,” when it hit the water, said Haueter.
“The airplane wouldn’t have done that on its own,” he added. But “you’re trying to land or ditch the airplane – you’d have the flaps folded down.”
Not so. More people get killed commuting to and from airports than they do flying, even though that's the shorter distance.
And one of the more recent air crashes had 2 casualties. One of whom was run over by a rescue vehicle while on the ground.
Airplane crash rates are at an all-time low and survivability is at an all-time high. However, the sheer number of people who can be killed in one incident makes them noteworthy.
Kind of like the WTC attack. Considerably more people died on the US highways that year than did in the planes and towers, but 9/11 caused us to shred a good-sized chunk of the 200+ year old hard-won freedom that Bin Laden so hated, whereas we didn't bat an eye at the highway carnage. Unless we happened to either be involved in one, related to one or rubbernecked one.