Flight MH370 News: New Maldives Debris Discovered, Examined for Links to Lost

Flight MH370 News: New Maldives Debris Discovered, Examined for Links to Lost

The news comes days after Malaysia’s Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said most of the previously found debris in the South Asian island nation was not plane material.



“It is very small, about the size of your hand”, Liow reportedly said about the new debris.

“In the absence of any new discovery of an object that could interest the ongoing investigation, it seems that the statistical chance of finding any debris from MH370 is extremely weak”, the statement said. He additionally stated that the verification of the particles shouldn’t take lengthy.

The plane disappeared without a trace with 239 people aboard about an hour after it left Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing on March 8, 2014. However, French authorities, leading the analysis of the flaperon, are yet to confirm its link with the missing Boeing 777-200.

SAINT-DENIS, Reunion The police and army located on the Indian Ocean country of Reunion have recalled their ealier search for additional debris due to the wreck of Malaysian Airlines aviation Halide370, that will departed a year ago, police said on Monday.

Final week, some specialists stated it was unimaginable for MH370 wreckage to scrub up each on the Réunion Island and within the Maldives.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak earlier this month confirmed a wing part known as flaperon that found on the Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean was from MH370.

Charitha Pattiaratchi, a University of Western Australia oceanographer, told News.com.au it was impossible for the debris to cross from the Southern to Northern hemispheres, given wind and current patterns.

Reunion police and army halt MH370 debris search

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