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11. Also from the Daily Mail

Wed Jul 29, 2015, 01:23 PM

Jul 2015

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3178978/Debris-floating-Indian-Ocean-missing-Malaysia-Airlines-flight-370.html

Debris found floating in Indian Ocean may be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 12:03 EST, 29 July 2015 | Updated: 12:10 EST, 29 July 2015

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Officials are examining debris found washed up on Reunion island east of Madagascar to determine if it is related to Malaysia Airlines flight 370, which vanished in 2014.

The debris appears to be part of a wing and was taken onto the island, a French department, this morning, according to Adjutant Christian Retournat.

'It is way too soon to say whether or not it is MH370. We just found the debris this morning in the coast of Saint Andre,' Retournat told CNN Wednesday.

The flat, white hunk of metal is almost certainly a part of an airplane wing. More specifically, Metro reports it is that of a Boeing 777, the same model plane as MH370, which went down after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 8, 2014 en route to Beijing.

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MH370: wreckage found on Reunion 'matches Malaysia Airlines flight' [View all] Bosonic Jul 2015 OP

I hope it is that wreckage. Finally some closure for the waiting families. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2015 #1

Still no idea what happened though... Helen Borg Jul 2015 #9

There should be serial numbers on some of the parts or lot numbers on some... George II Jul 2015 #2

Interesting... n/t ColesCountyDem Jul 2015 #3

Now THIS is "Latest Breaking News" hlthe2b Jul 2015 #4

The UK sites, The Telegraph and The Mirror, have this story. CNN does not. John1956PA Jul 2015 #8

It's not on BBC or the Guardian as of 1:08 pm nt LiberalEsto Jul 2015 #10

Well that pic is definitely not an oversized sea cucumber 4139 Jul 2015 #5

And CNN curses their bad luck that *they* weren't the ones to break this story YoungDemCA Jul 2015 #6

That looks to be a long way from where they thought it crashed. RedSpartan Jul 2015 #7

Reunion is near Madagascar,on the east side, and the wing had a year to float to there perhaps? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #17

Yeah, that's the problem as I see it. RedSpartan Jul 2015 #18

Also from the Daily Mail question everything Jul 2015 #11

That part looks remarkable undamaged FLPanhandle Jul 2015 #12

or that the other side of the plane hit the water first (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #16

Dear gawd, do not let Wolf Blitzer or the CNN Holodeck find out about this!!!!! marble falls Jul 2015 #13

+whatever it takes.n/t jtuck004 Jul 2015 #14

Wolf Ballon Boy Blitzer has graphics coming up after these messages . olddots Jul 2015 #19

When you look at the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean, this makes sense hack89 Jul 2015 #15

Actually, all the currents flow towards Madagaskar cosmicone Jul 2015 #22

Reunion is on the southern leg of that current hack89 Jul 2015 #24

Gives new meaning to the middle of nowhere dembotoz Jul 2015 #20

US official: Debris in photo belongs to Boeing 777 Bosonic Jul 2015 #21

If that is it, the black box won't be too far off. The Second Stone Jul 2015 #23

Depends on how far that part drifted. Angleae Jul 2015 #26

CNN will go nuts treestar Jul 2015 #25

A year-long re-enactment of how the wreckage floated to its resting place. randome Jul 2015 #29

Sure enough at the gym today treestar Jul 2015 #32

Map .....island of Reunion Ichingcarpenter Jul 2015 #27

just one large piece? and floated for a year? maybe theres more on the beach there Sunlei Jul 2015 #28

The metal pieces would need to be airtight muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #31

How close is it to Diago Garcia? Reter Jul 2015 #30