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Debris is Malaysia Airlines MH370 Boeing 777's flaperon: Test confirms crash |
KUALA LUMPUR: The examination of the debris found last week on a beach on
the French island La Reunion, near Madagascar, by both French and Malaysian
technical experts as well as representatives of the Boeing company, has
confirmed that it is a flaperon of Boeing 777 of MH370 that went missing last
year. It had been flown to the French defence lab in the city of Toulouse for
examination. (What is a FLAPERON?)
The examination indicates that the plane crashed but could not find out the
cause of the crash.
"We now have physical evidence that, as I announced on 24th March last year,
flight MH370 tragically ended in the southern Indian Ocean," Prime Minister Najib
Razak told reporters late on Wednesday after the tests.
Therefore, Najib said, "I would like to assure all those affected by this tragedy
that the Government of Malaysia is committed to do everything within our means
to find out the truth of what happened."
Although, Najib's announcement answers one persistent question of the families
of the 239 passengers and crew who were aboard the Malaysia Airlines Boeing
777 aircraft that disappeared on March 8, 2014, what happened to their kin and
where the plane disappeared.(SEE: Complex Ocean Currents Carry
Potential Debris From Missing MH370 Flight to Reunion Island)
How the plane on flight route Kuala Lumpur-Beijing veered to opposite direction
into Indian Ocean still remains a mystery in the history of civil avaition.
The relatives of the ill-fated flight have all along been accusing the Malaysian
Government of possible cover-up.
"Today, 515 days since the plane disappeared, it is with a very heavy heart that
I must tell you that an international team of experts has conclusively confirmed
that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370," Najib
said. (SEE a demo on Facebook: HOW a
Flaperon functions)
August 5, 2015
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