MH 777 missing - MH370 media statement

[dajop]

There's been 5 777 hull losses. BA38, MS667, OZ214, MH370, MH17.

Oh Ok. MS 667 didn't appear in the part of Wikipedia I looked at, I guess people (including me) forget about it as it wasn't an in-flight incident.

So revised statement is "the other four hull losses have occurred over Ukraine (MH17) and at airports (BA@LHR, Asiana @SFO and EgyptAir @ CAI)".

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Oh Ok. MS 667 didn't appear in the part of Wikipedia I looked at, I guess people (including me) forget about it as it wasn't an in-flight incident.

So revised statement is "the other four hull losses have occurred over Ukraine (MH17) and at airports (BA@LHR, Asiana @SFO and EgyptAir @ CAI)".

The relevant point being the other hulls are all accounted for - and presumably so are their flaperons.

 

[Foreigner]

The Frenchman in Reunion who spotted the airplane part should be rewarded.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Volcanic eruption on Reunion island to delay further searches.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Note stories about all sorts of potential debris from MH370 having washed up onshore over the past few months, from suitcases, seats to other wing components.

 

[Foreigner]

Note stories about all sorts of potential debris from MH370 having washed up onshore over the past few months, from suitcases, seats to other wing components.

Apparently seen then burnt by the same person. Hard to believe but if true, he must be a fool.

 

[Awesom Andy]

Unlikely any May debris would have anything to do with MH370, unless the point of impact is in a location that is substantially different from the current estimates as ocean currents wouldn't be able to bring debris to Reunion that quickly.

 

[jb747]

I suspect that the loop is strong with this particular bit of fruit.

 

[drron]

The Channel 7 news is reporting a plane door being found today.But looks like it comes from a Daily Mail story-
Now a plane door is found on Reunion Island as debris suspected of being from MH370 is tested in France  | Daily Mail Online

 

[DrA]

BBC is also reporting that additional debris has been found - with foreign writing on. Could potentially fit? Although my experience is that they use the modern latin alphabet these days, so I don't know.

 

[Foreigner]

Diego Garcia is further NE from La Reunion isn't it? Wonder if flotsam would end up that far.

 

[DrA]

Diego Garcia is further NE from La Reunion isn't it? Wonder if flotsam would end up that far.

Based on the current modelling of the southern Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia is a bit far north. Possible, but unlikely I think. It's kind of located near where those individual red strands kind of go in an east-west direction at the top of the image.

 

[jb747]

Diego is surrounded by a reef. All of the beaches are on the inside of the atoll. So even if something did end up there, it wouldn't be in an obvious spot.

 

[Foreigner]

Diego is surrounded by a reef. All of the beaches are on the inside of the atoll. So even if something did end up there, it wouldn't be in an obvious spot.

I understand. So much more to read in Wikipedia.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Apparently seen then burnt by the same person. Hard to believe but if true, he must be a fool.

I thought it read that he had seen this Flaperon some things earlier, when the attached barnacles were still alive but thought nothing more of it. Now some months later he only cared because he recognised it from earlier , just now with less alive barnacles.

 

[Austff]

Diego Garcia is further NE from La Reunion isn't it? Wonder if flotsam would end up that far.

It is about 2000 km east.

 

[Foreigner]

I thought it read that he had seen this Flaperon some things earlier, when the attached barnacles were still alive but thought nothing more of it. Now some months later he only cared because he recognised it from earlier , just now with less alive barnacles.

Not so, reading article at this link:

http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/70752973/mh370-plane-seat-washed-up-on-reunion-island-in-may

'Yet Ferrier had no idea of the significance of the object. Flotsam and jetsam are part of his everyday life on the inhospitable beach, where nobody dares to enter the fierce waves and shark-infested waters.

"I found a couple of suitcases, too, around the same time, full of things," he said, almost in passing.

"I burnt them," he said, pointing to the pile of ashes lying on the boulders. "That's my job. I collect rubbish, and burn it.

"I could have found many things that belonged to the plane, and burnt them, without realising."'

 

[SeatBackForward]

Not so, reading article at this link:

MH370: door found - reports - Africa - Stuff.co.nz

'Yet Ferrier had no idea of the significance of the object. Flotsam and jetsam are part of his everyday life on the inhospitable beach, where nobody dares to enter the fierce waves and shark-infested waters.

"I found a couple of suitcases, too, around the same time, full of things," he said, almost in passing.

"I burnt them," he said, pointing to the pile of ashes lying on the boulders. "That's my job. I collect rubbish, and burn it.

"I could have found many things that belonged to the plane, and burnt them, without realising."'

This was the paragraph I recalled:

He also saw the wing which washed up on Wednesday – although in May, the barnacles encrusting its side were still alive. By the time it washed ashore again this week, the crustaceans were dead.
“Like the seat, I didn’t know what it was.
“I sat on it. I was fishing for macabi (bonefish) and used it as a table. I really didn’t pay it much attention – until I saw it on the news.”

Video: MH370: 'Plane seat' found washed up on Reunion Island three months ago - Telegraph

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Who wrote that rubbish? Barnacles are molluscs, not crustaceans.

 

[RAM]

Now for a credible message from.... (pity about the 800+ staff cuts in the last 6 years)... CSIRO


What does our ocean modeling tell us about the fate of flight MH370? | News @ CSIRO"With the discovery of the 777 flaperon on La Réunion, we have again been called on for our expert ocean modelling advice. And it appears our original predictions may have been on the money.

The most recent drift modelling indicates that the overall drift of most debris in the months to July 2015 is likely to have been north and then west away from the accident site, indeed as far west as La Réunion. The finding of a flaperon on La Réunion does therefore match up with the calculations that place the crash site in the present area being searched by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)."

There is a time lapse animation of the daily drift based on the tangent that is the current search focus. Helps you to also understand how the 'plastic morass' builds up.

Worth a look.

For the conspiracy theorists - yes as these drift patterns had been previously projected and made widely available by the CSIRO then debris could be planted to fit in with the data.