“Barnacles could hold key to mystery of missing Malaysian Airlines plane MH370"
MH370’s final moments have been brought into sharp focus, with the discovery of a new piece of debris
[1], giving major clues to the final tragic moments of the Boeing 777, that was
lost in 2014, with all 239 aboard.
The piece was discovered in a fisherman’s backyard, and was found washed ashore, on the Antsiraka Peninsula South Beach, in
Madagascar, in March 2017, after tropical storm Fernando had passed by.
The debris item had
barnacles on it, when it was found, and in total four items of MH370 debris have been found on the same beach. The location was predicted by the University of Western
Australia (UWA) oceanographic model.
Since the crash, 33 pieces of floating debris have been found.
According to a report
[1], by Richard Godfrey and Blaine Gibson, the piece
“is likely the remnant of the left main landing gear trunnion door” ,and is almost certain to be from MH370.
The significance of the find of the landing trunnion
gear door is the damage to BOTH sides of the door, which indicates that the landing gear was highly likely to be extended, on impact.
According to the Godfrey-Gibson report
“the level of damage with fractures on all sides and the extreme force of the penetration right through the debris item lead to the conclusion that the end of the flight was in a high-speed dive designed to ensure the aircraft broke up into as many pieces as possible. The crash of MH370 was anything but a soft landing on the ocean.”
Expert analysis has shown that the flaps were not extended, as would be the case for sea ditching.
[2]
"The realistic possibility that the landing gear was lowered shows both an active pilot and an attempt to ensure the plane sank as fast as possible after impact,” the report said.
Godfrey-Gibson adds that
“the recovered 370 floating debris speaks to how the plane crashed, and the oceanographic drift analysis speaks to where. Neither can tell us who was flying the aircraft or why.”
[1] “Debris Analysis - Main Landing Gear Trunnion Door Panel” ~ by Blaine Gibson and Richard Godfrey (Dec 2022)
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/zryls21e1z...02022.pdf?dl=0
[2] “Flight OE-FGR GDTAAA WSPRnet Analysis Case Study” ~ by Richard Godfrey and Dr. Hannes Coetzee (2022)
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/hlfi1amuby...02022.pdf?dl=0