Plane debris

[beneteau-500]

Just watching news and it has been reported a wing part known as a flapperon which is part of a Boeing 777 found washed ashore on the island of reunion it is not confirmed as yet if it is of the Malaysian Boeing 777 that went missing some 16 months ago

[Jeff Bird]

Yeah, just read about that too. They said that the part was covered with shells. So it must have been floating for a while.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Jeff Bird

Yeah, just read about that too. They said that the part was covered with shells. So it must have been floating for a while.

Gooseneck barnacles don't take long to grow.... I doubt if the part was antifouled... and - as a man on the radio just said - there aren't many 777s missing in the Indian Ocean.

[Jeff Bird]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

Gooseneck barnacles don't take long to grow.... I doubt if the part was antifouled... and - as a man on the radio just said - there aren't many 777s missing in the Indian Ocean.

Good point, there aren't that many airplane parts that are antifouled. So, it must have come off of the bottom, sometime.

[beneteau-500]

It will be interesting if they do a model on the flow currents which are anti clock wise in that region and a basic time line to determine the possible crash point or where it went down to where they have thought it might go down and if there is any more debris floating of the the island of reunion

[roverhi]

Saw a report with currents shown from conjectured crash site to where the part was find. The current was a straight line from the crash site to where the part washed up.

[beneteau-500]

Ah but where was the crash site though

[El Pinguino]

Well, I think it will be safe to say the crash site wasn't in North Korea or Kazakistan.......

[beneteau-500]

Just watching news again and they have found a aircraft door just north of where the wing component was found , and been also reported aircraft seat/seats where found in May but sent to local rubbish dump and burned