Jonathan Fairfield Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 'Plane wreckage' found in Thailand fuels talk of missing Malaysian jet Image: Twitter BANGKOK:-- A piece of suspected plane wreckage has been found off the coast of southern Thailand, a local official said on Saturday, prompting speculation it might belong to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished nearly two years ago. A large piece of curved metal washed ashore in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, where villagers reported it to the authorities to help identify it, Tanyapat Patthikongpan, head of Pak Phanang district, told Reuters. "Villagers found the wreckage, measuring about 2 meters wide and 3 meters long (6.6 by 9.8 feet)," he said. The find has fueled speculation in the Thai media that the debris could belong to MH370, which disappeared with 239 people on board during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014. There has been no official confirmation that the wreckage belongs to a plane. And Patthikongpan added that "fishermen said it could have been under the sea for no more than a year, judging from barnacles on it." Full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-wreckage-idUSKCN0V10SG -- Reuters 2016-01-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 As if the ocean doesn't bring out tones of debris every day for every piece of garbage to get the local existed and the media buzzing... and yeah, the locals could tell the different between aircraft metal sheet and just any other piece of metal.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaidam Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Interesting, in light that immediately after the plane "disappeared" there were witnesses on gas rigs in the Gulf of Thailand that claimed to have witnessed a plane exploding and crashing at exactly the same time as contact was lost. This was way before the search shifted to the Indian ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 part of the wing was found in august last year on reunion island in the indian ocean. Nakhon si tammarat is in the guld of thailand, so very slim chance, that it;s from mh370 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Red Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Note no ragged edges, so not "torn" off. Doubt from a downed aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Red Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Actually may be part of the Thai navy's first sub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Actually may be part of the Thai navy's first sub? More likely from a ufo that flew by from the Orion constellation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Actually may be part of the Thai navy's first sub? Impossible. It was floating! Looks like the sub purchase has been sunk until the next coup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 It would be helpful if they mentioned if it was made of aluminum or not. The arc in the metal may indicate it came from an engine cowling. A malfunctioning engine would not necessarily cause the crash to happen at that location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berybert Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Must have been one hell of a storm for the plane part to be half way up a tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usual Suspect Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 IF this panel came from M370 would it be 'taken away' by Thai authorities & the whole issue hushed?.. ...just in case this part did indeed come off the plane in Thai airspace, & (as usual) the authorities would not want any finger-pointing as to howcome this was not detected etc at the time of the disappearance. That sheet of metal is a fair guage of thickness looking at the left hand edge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitmiffed Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 As if the ocean doesn't bring out tones of debris every day for every piece of garbage to get the local existed and the media buzzing... and yeah, the locals could tell the different between aircraft metal sheet and just any other piece of metal.... Well looking at the pic, it has rivet holes all down the edge ,the same as an aircraft, had coffee yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 maybe from a WWll Japanese sub .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Isn't Nakhon SI Thammarat at the Gulf of Thailand?! How can a piece get there if the first piece founded was at the Indian Ocean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinchester Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 It would be helpful if they mentioned if it was made of aluminum or not. The arc in the metal may indicate it came from an engine cowling. A malfunctioning engine would not necessarily cause the crash to happen at that location. That is similar to what I thought when reports of an explosion being witnessed came to light soon after it disappeared. An emergency change of course and maybe a catastrophic loss of cabin pressure that incapacitated the crew. The Qantas A380 had a major engine explosion and still kept flying. Anyway, I'm speculating, something I try not to do Just a thought, maybe it's from the AirAsia Airbus that went down just over a year ago. I'll shut up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 An inflammatory post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Likely from a ship. Possibly a remanent from the many illegal fishing boats sunk by Indonesia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Much better photo on Bangkok Post. No link, in keeping with the rules... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonthai3 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 That sheet of metal is a fair guage of thickness looking at the left hand edge) That looks like standard aircarft construction - two thin sheets of alloy with 'honeycomb' sandwiched in between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob13 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 It's been 2 years and I'm still waiting for a decent explanation on how you lose a jumbo jet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 It's part of the fairing from a Japanese HII-A rocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneyboy Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 It's part of the fairing from a Japanese HII-A rocket. HIIA.jpg How do you draw that conclusion ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 As if the ocean doesn't bring out tones of debris every day for every piece of garbage to get the local existed and the media buzzing... and yeah, the locals could tell the different between aircraft metal sheet and just any other piece of metal.... I don't think the locals offered any opinion on what type of wreckage they found. They gave their opinion on how long it could have been in the water on their experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Looks like a part number SG5773-1 on it along with numbered panels 307,308 and 323 along with NAS standard bolts. Video can be seen on youtube Khaosod TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biplanebluey Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 It would be helpful if they mentioned if it was made of aluminum or not. The arc in the metal may indicate it came from an engine cowling. A malfunctioning engine would not necessarily cause the crash to happen at that location. I hate to disallusion you but just about every piece and panel on an aicraft's skin has an"arc" !!!!! in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Bangkok post has it as, part of the nose of an aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Interesting, in light that immediately after the plane "disappeared" there were witnesses on gas rigs in the Gulf of Thailand that claimed to have witnessed a plane exploding and crashing at exactly the same time as contact was lost. This was way before the search shifted to the Indian ocean. Sgt Somchai was trying to figure out that new Stinger missile thingy at the Hua Hin Army base maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm no expert, except in the area of waiting until the professionals from the air industy examine the find. Then the speculators and self-appointed can re-examine and opine about that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taony Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 If its from a plane, isn't in more likely to be from the airasia crash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melyn Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 If its part of a 777 fuselage then that would be pretty interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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