HOPES have been raised of a breakthrough in discovering what became of Flight MH370, the Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared with 239 passengers and crew, seemingly without trace, 17 months ago. A flaperon—a two metre part of a plane’s wing—has washed up on Réunion island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. Ministers in Malaysia and Australia, which has been leading the search for the plane, intimated that it is likely the part came from the missing Boeing 777. As Reuters reports, “there have been four serious accidents involving 777s in the 20 years since the widebody jet came into service. Only MH370 is thought to have crashed south of the equator.” In any case, aeroplane parts have serial numbers that not only match it to a particular aircraft type, but also allow for its service history to be traced. That should be enough to link it to a specific plane, so final confirmation should be swift.
Réunion is some 2,500 miles east of where the main focus of the search has been taking place....Continue reading
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