The aircraft debris found in Reunion arrived in Paris – Europe1

Europe 1 NM with AFP Published in 7:18, Aug. 1, 2015 , Modified at 7:18, August 1, 2015

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By NM with AFP

THE ESSENTIALS – expert analysis can now begin. The wing fragment found Wednesday on the French island of Reunion arrived Saturday morning in France where it must be appraised in the coming days to determine if there is indeed a debris of flight MH370 disappeared since March 2014.

Info to remember

• The AF671 flight from Saint-Denis carrying debris landed at 6:17 at Orly airport in Paris.
• The experts begin their work next Wednesday in order to define whether this aircraft debris belongs to the MH370 disappeared in March 2014
• If there is no evidence yet that it is a remainder of the flight MH370, the number on the debris confirmed that this is a Boeing 777

Direction Toulouse. Packed in a box, this two-meter long fragment was found Wednesday on a beach on the French Island in the western Indian Ocean, and must now be conveyed by road, escorted by gendarmes in a laboratory near Toulouse (southwest) where it will be appraised from Wednesday.

Pieces of a brown suitcase found Thursday near the aircraft debris will also be appraised in a laboratory of the Gendarmerie near Paris, according to prosecutors. The duration of such expertise was not specified

International Collaboration . On Monday, one of the three French judges in charge of the investigation, a representative of the Malaysian judicial authorities, another of the surveys and analyzes Bureau (BEA), the French gendarmes and Malaysian experts will meet in Paris. The French justice is seized because four of the 239 victims of the disaster of March 8, 2014 are French. The Boeing Boeing announced Friday that he would send for his part, a “technical” team to France to take part in the expertise.
This international cooperation is not new. It has been implemented for almost a year and a half to try to trace the MH370, including involving China, Malaysia and the United States and Australia.

Clues for the MH370. Some experts believe that the fragment could correspond to a flaperon B777, a component bordering aircraft wings as pilots operate on takeoff or landing. But no air accident in this region of the world has involved Boeing 777.

According to the French oceanographer Joel Sudre, the wreckage could be derived from the Western Australia up ‘in Reunion at the discretion of South Equatorial Current (SEC). In such a scenario, satellite images of the shallow marine power could help locate “within days” the crash zone. But the Australian Transport Minister Warren Truss said it was “almost impossible” to find the main wreckage from this element.

Other recovered debris. On the island Reunion, the sea has rejected other debris on the beach where a cleaning association found the wing fragment. The area, which has not been secured by investigators, was invaded on Friday by dozens of onlookers and journalists from around the world. Several bottles have been handed particularly the police.