MH370: Debris From Missing Malaysian Airlines Plane Found, World Reacts On Twitter [PHOTO]
Air safety investigators have said they have some confidence that debris found in the Indian Ocean which washed up on a Reunion Island beach this week is a wing component from the long missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The component has been identified as a "flaperon" from the trailing edge of a Boeing 777 wing, the AP reports. Because no other 777s are missing, if the piece is confirmed to be from such an aircraft, it would have most likely belonged to Flight 370, which vanished on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
The discovery could confirm that the plane turned south into the Indian Ocean after vanishing from radar, which would put theories that it traveled north and landed somewhere after being hijacked to rest, and could help investigators figure out exactly how the plane crashed.
It is unclear however if the found wreckage would be able to help crews pinpoint the location of the rest of it, or the bodies of those who were on board.
If the part is from the flight, it would be the first debris found, after a massive multinational search of the southern Indian Ocean, the China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand all turned up with no trace of the aircraft.
Following the news, many took to social media to discuss the find, and while some expressed hope for the families of the victims and asked questions about it, some believed the discovery is a conspiracy theory to cover up political unrest in Malaysia.
Debris from MH370? more like a plot to redirect the public's attention from all the crap Najib is doing. #tangkapNajib
— DRAG ME DOWN (@sa29xo) July 30, 2015
Bukit Aman got burnt & part of MH370 may be found. Some things are trying to distract us from talking about 1MDB — nenit (@zeyrazaidi) July 30, 2015
Bukit Aman just got burnt and suddenly parts of MH370 might be found. You ain't gonna distract me. Imma keep my eyes on every single thing.
— Shazreen Petra (@shazreenpetra) July 29, 2015
Where is Reunion? A *loong* way from #MH370's path. Hijack? I hope not; this story is sad enough without ill intent. pic.twitter.com/M8eRdkjMIq — Keith Williams (@keithwms) July 29, 2015
#MH370 For the sake of families I want this to be debris from MH370. But what I want or think is irrelevant. Let us know for certain.
— George Hatcher Sr. (@GeorgeHatcher) July 29, 2015
My daughter points out the poetic irony of #MH370 debris being found on an island named "Reunion." How sad and true. — Suzy Welch (@SuzyWelch) July 31, 2015
I certainly hope someone is adequately tracking the plane that is carrying the #MH370 debris to France.
— Nick Asolas (@NickAsolas) July 31, 2015
#MH370 very strange that if the wing was from flight and floating for almost 1.5 years later there is no sea life attached to it!!!???? — ANDREW ROSEMEYER (@andrewrosemeyer) July 31, 2015
I just hope that the wreckage of aircraft found is belong to our missing #MH370 Dear god, we've been waiting for almost 2 years. Please.
— Mae.RR (@_maechoy) July 31, 2015