Plane Debris Found Off Africa Studied For Links to Flight MH370
19 October 2018 14:15 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Paris/Sydney - France's air crash investigation agency is studying a piece of plane debris found on Reunion Island off the east coast of Africa but it was too early to say if it came from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a spokesman said on Wednesday, July 29, 2015.
A source familiar with the matter said the debris was most likely from a Boeing 777, but that it was not yet established if it was from MH370.
A U.S. official said air safety investigators had a "high degree of confidence" the debris was from the same model as MH370, the Associated Press reported.
The official said investigators, including a Boeing air safety investigator, had identified the component as a "flaperon" from the trailing edge of a 777 wing, AP reported.
The spokesman for French investigation agency BEA said the part had not been identified.
No trace has been found of MH370, which disappeared in March last year carrying 239 passengers and crew while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, in one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. Most of the passengers were Chinese.
Search efforts led by Australia have focused on a broad expanse of the southern Indian Ocean off Australia.
REUTERS