A piece of debris found on the coast of Southern Thailand is being inspected by both Thai and Malaysian officials to know if the metal piece is part of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The said flight has vanished nearly two years ago.
According to uInterview, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that he already initiated the Malaysian civil aviation officials to contact Thailand about the newly found wreckage speculated to be part of MH370. It is a curved piece of metal that measures about 6 ½ feet by 10 feet with electrical wires hanging and numbers imprinted. Lai also stated that he urge the media and the public not to take risk because it will give excessive pressure to the loved ones of the victims of MH370.
The latest piece of wreckage was reportedly found on the eastern coast of southern Thailand's Nakkon Si Thammarat province. This is about 370 miles south of Bangkok on the Gulf of Thailand. The debris can float thousands of miles on ocean currents but that location would be a surprise based on the data from Flight MH370.
Reuters added that Greg Waldron, Asia Managing Editor at Flightglobal, said that based on the markings, engineering, and tooling apparent in the debris strongly indicate that it is aerospace related. Additionally, the found wreckage will need to be carefully examined to really determine the exact origin. He stated that one of the possible sources of aerospace debris included the launching of space rockets by India eastwards over the Bay of Bengal.
Nevertheless, there has been no official confirmation from Thailand if the wreckage really belongs to the plane. But a spokesman for the Joint Agency Coordination Centre stated that they are still waiting for the results of the official examination done with the material.
For reference, People stated on its article that MH370 primarily vanished on March 8, 2014, after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, going toward Beijing. The said flight that is carrying 239 crew members and passengers was deliberately abstracted from its flight path before disappearing completely. Furthermore, the investigators later concluded that the plane ended up in the Indian Ocean and all passengers died.
However, the search for the missing passengers and crews of the MH370 is still ongoing. The second phase of the explorations is anticipated to be finished by June.
