Suspected MH370 debris arrives in Australia for verification

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Suspected MH370 debris arrived in Australia for verification
Source: Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian officials said on Sunday that two pieces of suspected debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have arrived in Australia for verification.

Both pieces of debris arrived in Australia Sunday morning and the verification process would commence in Canberra on Monday by an international investigation team, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said in a statement.

Assistance would be provided by experts from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia (DCA), Malaysia Airlines and Boeing to verify the origins, he said.

Full story: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/20/c_135206293.htm

-- Xinhua 2016-03-21

[harleyclarkey]

All the high tec stuff aboard an aircraft costing tens of millions and no one thought of installing an EPIRB.....Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacon.

These cost a mere few hundred euro and used by every yacht/boat in the world under passage. It could be installed somewhere on every aircraft (maybe the very rear tip of the tail fin?) with a sensor like a cars airbag to release it on deacceleration.

Instant confirmation to within a few metres of where the aircraft entered, for instance, the water.

[ggt]

Finding pieces of the MH370 Airplane has become almost as popular as sightings of Elvis...