Australia: ‘Too early’ to find connection between discovered aircraft debris and missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

According to Australia, people should not jump to any conclusion after the discovery of wreckage from an aircraft. An Australian official said that it would be “too early” to conclude that the wreckage belonged to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

The Malaysia Airlines plane with 239 people aboard vanished into the thin air in March 2014. The search for Boeing 777 for over a year has turned out to be futile. The debris of an aeroplane was discovered on Réunion, a remote French island off the coast of Madagascar, on July 29, 2015. The discovery prompted speculations that it belonged to the missing plane.

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss, however, said at a news conference in Sydney on Thursday that it would be early to make any judgment. “But clearly we are treating this as a major lead and seeking to get assurance about what has been found and whether it is indeed linked to the disappearance of MH 370,” the New York Times quoted Truss.

Truss, on the other hand, said that the discovery was a “very significant development.” He added that the part had a number, BB670, which did not belong to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. However, it could have a connection with aircraft maintenance.

The discovery of the wreckage was made thousands of miles from the search area. U.S. investigators concluded from videos and photographs that the object belonged to a Boeing 777. Since there is no other Boeing 777 that has been reported to be missing, it is highly possible that the part belongs to the missing Malaysian Airlines flight.

The Daily Beast reported that there was no doubt that the debris belonged to the missing aeroplane. It reported that the piece of debris was part of a wing. It is likely that it is a part of a control surface from that wing. According to a French official, the object seems to be a wing flap about 9 feet long and 3 feet wide.

Australian officials said that the search for the missing flight was going to continue. They added that winds and ocean currents could have carried the wreckage from the search area to Réunion.

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