Wednesday, March 2, 2016

MH370 debris: Part of Boeing 777 found near Mozambique

AN object that could be debris from a Boeing 777 has been found off Mozambique and could belong to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

Malaysia’s transport minister Liow Tiong Lai said the origin of the item was “yet to be confirmed and verified”, but tweeted there was a “high possibility” it was from MH370.

“Based an early reports, high possibility debris found in Mozambique belongs to a B777,” Liow Tiong Lai tweeted.

An American tourist who has been blogging about MH370 found the debris on a sandbank in the Mozambique Channel, NBC reported.

Joao de Abreu, president of Mozambique’s Civil Aviation Institute (IACM), said no positive identification of the piece had been made.

“We received this afternoon a piece of plane that was brought by an American visitor named Blaine Gibson,” Mr de Abreu said.

“He said he had been walking on the beach two days ago and found the piece near Vilankulo, on a sand bank called Paluma near Benguerra Island (part of the Bazaruto archipelago).”


  • The finding comes just days before the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of MH370.

Mozambican authorities said the debris was found near the coastal town of Vilankulo in Inhambane province; the same corner of the southern Indian Ocean where the only confirmed piece of debris, a flaperon, was found last July.

“We can’t confirm categorically that this small piece belongs to the (MH370) plane,” Paulo Teimezira, inspector of aeronautic materials at the civil aviation department in Maputo, said.

Mr Teimezira also denied reports the object was on its way to Malaysia for further examination, saying it was still in Mozambique. He said more information would be released on Thursday.

Citing US, Malaysian and Australian investigators who had seen photos of the object, NBC reported the debris (which had the words “NO STEP” on it) could be a horizontal stabiliser — a winglike part attached to the tail.

Malaysia’s transport minister Liow Tiong Lai said Malaysia was working with Australia, which is co-ordinating an Indian Ocean search for the ill-fated jumbo jet, to retrieve the debris for closer study.

“I urge everyone to avoid undue speculation as we are not able to conclude that the debris belongs to MH370 at this time,” he said.....http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/mh370-debris--part-of-boeing-777-found-near-mozambique/news-story/f2f41c05736e752b1926febbc71165a5?from=public_rss
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1 comment:

  1. MH370: appel ému de familles de victimes pour ne pas mettre fin aux recherches ...

    Des proches des passagers du Boeing 777 de Malaysia Airlines (vol MH370) qui s'est volatilisé il y a deux ans ont appelé avec émotion les autorités à poursuivre sans limite de temps les recherches qui doivent s'achever bientôt.

    L'avion de la compagnie malaisienne avait disparu le 8 mars 2014 peu après son décollage de Kuala Lumpur à destination de Pékin, avec 239 personnes à bord, et se serait abîmé dans l'océan Indien, devenant l'un des plus grands mystères de l'aviation civile.

    L'Australie, qui dirige les recherches dans l'océan Indien, devrait conclure d'ici au mois de juillet ses opération concentrées dans les profondeurs d'une zone délimitée où pourrait se trouver l'épave. Les autorités prévoient de mettre un terme aux recherches si rien n'est retrouvé d'ici là.

    Mais le collectif de familles de victimes Voice370 a publié jeudi un communiqué demandant aux pays impliqués dans les recherches de ne pas cesser les opérations tant que quelque chose n'aura pas été retrouvé. "Voice370 recommande avec insistance aux autorités de poursuivre les opérations dans la zone de recherche actuelle. Nous pensons qu'elles ne devraient pas jeter l'éponge, clore cette affaire et simplement la considérer comme un mystère insoluble", souligne le collectif.....rtbf.be
    3/3/16

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