If True.... Debris Could be Airliner's Tail Section

It Could Be The Airliner's Tail Section

•  
• 

Details

 

Published on Thursday, 20 March 2014 17:25

View Comments

This combo of handout images taken on March 16, 2014 and released on March 20, 2014 by the Australian Government's Department of Defence via the Australian Maritime Safety Authority show satelite images of objects in the Indian Ocean which may be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which disappeared en route to Beijing early on March 8. Australia said on March 20 that the two objects -- the largest estimated at 24 metres (79 feet) long -- spotted in the Indian Ocean were the "best lead we have" in the search for the missing Malaysian passenger jet. AFP PHOTO/Australian Government's Department of DefenceKUALA LUMPUR: One of the two objects spotted on the satellite imagery by Australian authorities could be the tail section of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight.

“If that piece of the plane is that big maybe it's the tail section,” David Gallo told CNN.

David Gallo co-led the search for Air France Flight 447 which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009.

In the report, he warned that the size gave him a degree of concern.

“It's a big piece of aircraft to have survived something like this,” he said.

The tail height of the missing Malaysian Boeing 777-200ER aircraft is 60 feet.

Australian Maritime Safety Authority Emergency Response general manager John Young said today the largest object he's seen in satellite imagery has been judged to be about 24 meters (79 feet) in size.

He said they were probably awash with water and bobbing up and down and described the object as "a blob" on the satellite image.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott first announced the discovery to the House of Representatives in Canberra earlier today.

The satellite imagery has shown two objects that could be related to the MAS aircraft that disappeared on March 8, according to Reuters.

The news agency quoted Abbott as saying "the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search"