Aircraft parts found Reunion,Mosambique, and SA
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I'll defer to structural experts, but so shredded a piece of cowling suggests a pretty violent event.
What is missing is floatable debris from inside the hull. There should be some if the airplane was as violently smashed as the debris to date suggest.
What is missing is floatable debris from inside the hull. There should be some if the airplane was as violently smashed as the debris to date suggest.
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According to a recent article in National Post, it was found by a SA archaeologist named Neels Kruger "On South Africa’s southern coast, Neels Kruger was walking along a lagoon on Monday afternoon, near the town of Mossel Bay when he spotted something that did not seem to suit the natural surroundings."
That's 212 miles almost due east of Cape Town (-34.116009, 22.124018), close to the very tip of Africa.
That's 212 miles almost due east of Cape Town (-34.116009, 22.124018), close to the very tip of Africa.
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That's 212 miles almost due west of Cape Town (-34.116009, 22.124018), close to the very tip of Africa
A typo? Four and a half hours by car East from Cape Town, for those who know the area, along the Garden Route.
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shredded a piece of cowling suggests a pretty violent event.
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showing the scale of the debris
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Latest on Australian investigation of debris. Most likely from the missing aircraft.
https://t.co/kCNES87upq
https://t.co/kCNES87upq
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Latest on Australian investigation of debris. Most likely from the missing aircraft.
https://t.co/kCNES87upq
https://t.co/kCNES87upq
report on ABC says it is definitely from a 777. Investigation team have not forensically linked it directly to MH370. The assumption is that since no other 777 jets have crashed it is "highly likely " to be from MH370.
The Australian transport minister is still upbeat that crash site will be found.
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Great news. Among with RR piece of nacelle found in South Africa (quite clear it's origin), we count 4 debris from MH370.
But, no extra news/results from French investigators about detailed investigation/analysis of flaperon?
But, no extra news/results from French investigators about detailed investigation/analysis of flaperon?
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'No Step' debris = MH370
Looks like the real deal:
MH370: Debris found in Mozambique 'almost certainly' from missing Malaysia Airlines plane - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The 'Rolls Royce' engine cowling fragment will likely be next...
Dean
MH370: Debris found in Mozambique 'almost certainly' from missing Malaysia Airlines plane - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The 'Rolls Royce' engine cowling fragment will likely be next...
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With information known so far, is it possible to determine whether that RR fragment (if it is valid) would be from the cowling on the port or on the starboard engine?
I ask because the two confirmed 777 pieces (flaperon found on Reunion, and flap support fairing found in Mozambique) reportedly were both from starboard - and as some have noted, from the same general area on the plane.
I ask because the two confirmed 777 pieces (flaperon found on Reunion, and flap support fairing found in Mozambique) reportedly were both from starboard - and as some have noted, from the same general area on the plane.
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P389: your curiosity is valid & something I share.
Given the previously-announced indication that the right-hand engine was likely the first to flame-out (with 12-15 minutes fuel remaining for the left-hand), one might expect the aircraft (if uncontrolled) to have entered the water right-wing down.
If the right-hand flaperon was fully down so as to compensate for this bank (and the flaperon would have been largely ineffective with a dead engine ahead), it is likely to have been promptly detached on contact.
So far, the bits we have are from the right...
It may be tricky to assign the RR logo debris to left or right side, given that the fragment appears to be relatively small.
Dean
Given the previously-announced indication that the right-hand engine was likely the first to flame-out (with 12-15 minutes fuel remaining for the left-hand), one might expect the aircraft (if uncontrolled) to have entered the water right-wing down.
If the right-hand flaperon was fully down so as to compensate for this bank (and the flaperon would have been largely ineffective with a dead engine ahead), it is likely to have been promptly detached on contact.
So far, the bits we have are from the right...
It may be tricky to assign the RR logo debris to left or right side, given that the fragment appears to be relatively small.
Dean
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Report of yet another piece found on a beach in Wilderness, S.A. not too far from Mossel Bay.
Piece of Air Malaysia plane found in Wilderness? | George Herald | Garden Route
No images as yet. According to (only) source it's been handed in to the CAA already.
Piece of Air Malaysia plane found in Wilderness? | George Herald | Garden Route
No images as yet. According to (only) source it's been handed in to the CAA already.