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Monday 3 August 2015

Aircraft door found beached Reunion Island

Less than a week after the discovery of wing flaperon or fragments, now the door of a plane was found stranded on the coast of Reunion Island, near Madagascar.

KUALA LUMPUR: Less than a week after the discovery of wing flaperon or fragments, now the door of a plane reportedly discovered washed up on the coast of Reunion Island, near Madagascar.

The object, however, found at a different location than the flaperon invention, Sky News reported on Sunday.

Various speculations arose that claimed ownership of the object including the possibility of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 that disappeared without a trace on March 8 last year.

The aircraft is scheduled to arrive in Beijing after taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang was carrying 239 passengers and crew.

Fragments of the wings of the planes have arrived in France in early Saturday morning for investigation.

Airport sources told, during the two-meter fragments took off from the island at 9:15 pm local time on Saturday.

The expert group will start the analysis of fragments of the plane wing on Wednesday, along with luggage inspection found in the immediate vicinity.

However, if it is a splinter flight MH370, where it was found near the beach Magadascar strayed far from the last location it was detected, the Vietnamese waters about 3,800 miles.

On July 31, AFP reported Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi verify that the fragments came from a Boeing-777 aircraft.

There are a number of incidents involving the Boeing-777 aircraft recorded since this was first used in 1994. Of all these incidents, only five ended with the aircraft considered to be disposed, also known as 'hull loss'.

Of the five incidents, only one recorded case involving a Boeing-777 aircraft were lost in the ocean.

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