Flight MH370 Debris Possibly Found By South African Teen
MH370 may be turning up in bits and pieces in people’s homes as collector’s items. However, these collectors are seemingly unaware of the significance and mysteries their treasures could be holding.
A teenager was vacationing with his family in Mozambique last December when he and his cousin happened upon a shiny object that was intriguing. The 18-year-old, Liam Lotter, picked up the wreckage from an airplane and decided to take it home. Not putting much thought to MH370, he kept it because he thought it was interesting.
The teenager said, “We picked it up and I turned it around and it had like a, sort of like a curve to it and you can see where it’s been like pop riveted almost, like there’s holes on the side.”
He went on to say that a relative instructed him to get rid of the possible link to the missing MH370 plane, but he had other plans.
“Anyway we were quite interested to see what it was so we took it up to the house and my uncle said: ‘No, you found a boat, throw it away, it’s a piece of rubbish’ and I said: ‘No, you know what? I’m going to do some research and see what I can find on the internet. And you know what? On the side it has sort of a serial number.”
As it turns out, the five digits aren’t actually a serial number, but a zone reference.
According to Free Malaysia Today, Lotter and his family didn’t make the connection to flight MH370 until another suspected piece of MH370 debris came to light in the media. That piece of the plane wreckage was also from Mozambique and is undergoing scrutiny to see whether or not it is a part of flight MH370.
Lotter’s mother contacted aviation authorities after the family suspected they had a piece of the missing MH370 plane. He said the authorities mentioned the numbers on the debris could mean that the debris came from a Boeing 777, the same type of plane as MH370.
The suspected MH370 plane piece is a little over three feet long. Testing on the possible MH370 piece will be done by officials in Australia with aid from Malaysian authorities and the Boeing Company, according to Reuters.
South African Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Kabelo Ledwaba said, “We are arranging for collection of the part, which will then be sent to Australia as they are the ones appointed by Malaysia to identify parts found.”
Flight MH370 mysteriously and very suddenly disappeared on March 8, 2014. MH370 had 239 passengers and crew on board. The flight took off from Kuala Lumpur and was supposed to land in Beijing. MH370 tragically never made it to its destination, and it is believed by many that flight MH370 crashed somewhere in the Indian Ocean.
The first sign of flight MH370 showed up in July 2015. The French Indian Ocean island of Reunion became a stop in a long journey for a piece of the plane’s wing. That piece was positively identified as a part belonging to MH370.
U.S. blogger and MH370 private investigator Blaine Gibson believes he found a piece of the MH370 plane in Mozambique last week. That piece is undergoing testing to determine whether it is a genuine piece of the missing aircraft.
In total, there are now a suspected four pieces of aircraft that are suspected to have come from the missing MH370 plane.
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