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MH370: wreckage found on Reunion 'matches Malaysia Airlines flight'
The Telegraph ^ | 07/29/2015 | Harriet Alexander

Posted on 07/29/2015 3:45:55 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

A French aviation expert believes he may have found the wreckage of MH370 – the Malaysia Airlines flight which disappeared off the coast of Malaysia in March 2014.

Xavier Tytelman, a former military pilot who now specialises in aviation security, was contacted on Wednesday morning by a man living on the island of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean. The man sent Mr Tytelman a series of photos showing wreckage of a plane, which the Frenchman said could possibly be the missing jet.

"I've been studying hundreds of photos and speaking to colleagues," Mr Tytelman told The Telegraph. "And we all think it is likely that the wing is that of a Boeing 777 – the same plane as MH370.

"Police in Reunion examining the wreckage say that it looks like it's been in the water for around a year, which again would fit with MH370. We can't say for certainty, but we do think there is a chance that this is it."

The plane vanished with 239 people on board in circumstances which have baffled investigators, and left distraught families searching for answers.

Wild theories emerged about the plane: that it had landed in Diego Garcia, or flown on to North Korea. But Mr Tytelman believes that the Indian Ocean location makes sense for wreckage of the plane to have washed up.

"The French police are now looking at it, and the Australians – who are in charge of the search – are interested too," he said. "We don't know how long it will take to get confirmation or a definite denial. But it's an intriguing development."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aviation; boeing777; crash; dopplereffect; indianocean; madagascar; malaysianairlines; mh370; reunion; reunionisland; southchinasea; standrew; vietnam
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1 posted on 07/29/2015 3:45:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Writing on his blog, Mr Tytelman said that the photos of the wreckage had aroused significant interest on the AvGeek website – a closed forum for pilots.
2 posted on 07/29/2015 3:47:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Where the wing fragment was found...


3 posted on 07/29/2015 3:47:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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The similarity is amazing,"we can see the slot for the outboard actuator, the seal... "Here is the small made mounting:


4 posted on 07/29/2015 3:49:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Hate to rain on the parade, but what is the part number? Without that we don’t have any Schlitz.


5 posted on 07/29/2015 3:49:23 PM PDT by centurion316
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It’s looking like the pilot-hijacker was trying to take it to his favorite dunghole somewhere in Africa.


6 posted on 07/29/2015 3:49:46 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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A reference is also indicated on the debris: BB670. This code corresponds to the registration of an aircraft, or the serial number of a device. On the other hand, if this flaperon belongs to the MH370, it is clear that this reference will allow to identify rapidly. In a few days, we will have a definitive answer.

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7 posted on 07/29/2015 3:51:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Well, there goes my pet UFO theory.

(I know I should not make fun of such a tragedy but the mystery is compelling).

Prayers for all the families — maybe this will lead to removal of the first level of uncertainty (where is it?). The second level of uncertainty (what happened?) may never be known.


8 posted on 07/29/2015 3:52:12 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (When things are rightly ordered, man is steward of God's gifts and civil law enables him to do so.)
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Last year, CNN was so desperate that they even asked UFO researchers to come and be interviewed for their take on it.

Anyway, CNN is reporting it live right now...


9 posted on 07/29/2015 3:55:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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 photo general-McInerney_zps6iq4koai.jpg NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
10 posted on 07/29/2015 3:55:55 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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I doubt this will help them find the wreckage, let alone data recorders; but it does eliminate the Asian landing scenario.

16 months of drifting.


11 posted on 07/29/2015 3:56:10 PM PDT by cicero2k
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So it WASN’T a black hole that sucked it up? WOW. LOL


12 posted on 07/29/2015 3:57:09 PM PDT by Klemper
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AP BIG STORY REPORTS THUSLY:

Air safety investigators have a "high degree of confidence" that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, a U.S. official said Wednesday.


13 posted on 07/29/2015 3:57:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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those parts are serialized and have a pedigree back to the parent unit... should take ten seconds to search the FTN numbers...


14 posted on 07/29/2015 3:58:21 PM PDT by wyowolf
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I’m wondering how far from the impact this piece drifted, if it is in fact part of MH370.


15 posted on 07/29/2015 4:04:03 PM PDT by rdl6989
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If you are correct then we have a bingo bango, most airplanes do not tend to toss around their own identifiable pieces here are there in a random pattern. But most reports that I have seen do not establish to traceability to the missing aircraft. That connection may be coming.


16 posted on 07/29/2015 4:09:44 PM PDT by centurion316
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” but it does eliminate the Asian landing scenario.”

Conspiracies die hard ... it was a manufactured fake to throw us off the real story.


17 posted on 07/29/2015 4:14:26 PM PDT by TexasGator
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There goes the “terrorists landed it on a remote airstrip, killed all the passengers and are gonna use it for another 9-11” theory.


18 posted on 07/29/2015 4:15:29 PM PDT by Bluewater2015 (There are no coincidences)
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1300 or so triple 7s built to date, so I assume there aren’t a lot of these parts randomly laying around?


19 posted on 07/29/2015 4:17:34 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: SeekAndFind

Mark


20 posted on 07/29/2015 4:17:55 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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