Originally Posted by
lomapaseo
Assuming of course that the piece didn't come off inflight at altitude earlier.
But that doesn't agree with reports of other debris found near this piece (food trays and shards of fuselage, piece of a chair that said "fasten seat belt," a food table and part of a tire). If those parts came off during flight, it's almost impossible that the aircraft went for 200 km more before coming down. Also, the location where the debris was found is within good radar coverage, 70-90 km from the last radar contact depending on which source to believe about that bit of information.