After 17 months, a piece of debris from the wing part of the plane called flaperon was found from the lost aircraft MH370 (Malaysia Airlines Flight 370). The said debris was sited on Reunion island in the Indian Ocean and this was confirmed by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on the news last Wednesday, Aug 5.
From Reuters article, Razak said in a morning TV statement that, "Today, 515 days since the plane disappeared, it is with a heavy heart that I must tell you that an international team of experts have conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370."
He also 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."
Some new items were also found by Malaysians such as pieces of windows, seat cushions, and aluminum and that is subject for examination according to CNN.
Also from the article of CNN, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said in their statement, "A great deal of additional material has been handed over to the police." And that "While this is being examined, so far none of it appears to have come from an aircraft."
Although Razak already confirmed that the debris was part of MH370 plane, some other officials are cautious of this claim and saying that more testing are needed.
An hour later after Razak's statement, Paris Prosecutor Serge Mackowiak said in a very brief message regarding the issue that "very strong presumption."
As Boeing representatives said from CNBC 's article that the debris found was from a 777 jet and said, "due to its technical characteristics, mentioning the colour, the structure of the joints."
Mackowiak spoke to reporters in Paris and said that "On this basis, it was possible for a connection to be made between the object examined by the experts and the flaperon of the Boeing 777 of MH370."
According to The Guardian, a sister of one of the passengers, Dai Shuqin said, "France is being cautious about it, but Malaysia is desperate to put an end to this case and run away from all responsibilities."
While speculations are still turning up, investigations for the said debris are already on the works. A former board member of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, John Goglia, told Reuters that, "The real work is yet to begin" and "They will identify everything they can from the metal: damage, barnacles, witness marks on the metal. They're going to look at the brackets (that held the flaperon in place) to see how they broke. From that they can tell the direction and attitude of the airplane when it hit. There's a lot to be told from the metal."
These announcements and discoveries of more plane debris hopefully would lead to a clearer outcome and answer for the mysterious plight of 239 passengers of the MH370 plane.
The plane disappeared last March 8, 2014 and was scheduled to route in Beijing, China. The aircraft lost visibility from the air traffic controllers' radar screens. The aircraft was a Boeing 777-200ER and was carrying 227 passengers plus 12 Malaysian crew members.
