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TWO PIECES OF debris found in South Africa and Mauritius “almost certainly” came from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australia said after an expert examination.
The items were brought to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s laboratories for testing, as authorities seek to work out what happened to the plane, which vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March, 2014.
It follows a wing part recovered last year from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, which neighbours Mauritius, being confirmed as coming from the jet.
Since then two more items found about 220 km apart from each other in Mozambique in December 2015 and February 2016 have been examined.
The ATSB in March said these were also “almost certainly” from the Boeing 777 aircraft operating as MH370 that disappeared with 239 passengers and crew on board.
One of the new parts, found at Mossel Bay in South Africa, was an aircraft engine cowling, identified from a partial Rolls-Royce stencil.
While there was no direct link on the cowling unique to MH370, the ATSB said the stencil was consistent with those developed and used by Malaysian Airlines.
The other part, which washed up on Rodrigues island, was a decorative laminate from a “work table” in the main cabin, used by no other Boeing 777 customer than Malaysia Airlines.
Given this, it concluded that “part no.3 was a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 engine cowling segment, almost certainly from the aircraft registered 9M-MRO”, which operated as MH370.
Part no.4 was a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 panel segment from the main cabin, associated with the Door R1 closet, almost certainly from the aircraft registered 9M-MRO.
One of the pieces found in Mozambique, which had a number stencilled on it, was identified as a segment from a Boeing 777 flap track from the right wing, with stencilling on it conforming to that used by Malaysia Airlines.
The other, which had the words “No Step” on it, was part of a Boeing 777 horizontal stabiliser panel with stencilling also consistent with that used by the carrier.
Australia is leading the search for the plane in the remote southern Indian Ocean, believed to be its final resting place, and has so far scoured 105,000 square kilometres of deep ocean floor without finding any trace.
If nothing is found once the designated 120,000 square kilometre zone is searched, it is likely to be abandoned, Australia, Malaysia and China have jointly said.
Any luck on finding the guy in Tusla who tried to stitch up Maurice McCabe?
@sully: in 100 years time.
@sully: I doubt the guy is over 94yrs old, so it’s unlikely they’ll find him in the 1926 census.
@Paul Buckley: any proof
@Christybhoy67: Google it
Journal will not allow me to post a link to one if it’s own articles……the accusation was made in 1997 file went to DPP. No charges brought….
McCabe was put on desk duty and ostracized by fellow Gardai thence becoming a whistleblower…
Victim maintains she was abused is an adult now
@Paul Buckley: journal is deleting comments
Why is it 100 years?
@King B: in census
@King B: because some people recorded in that 1926 census are still alive today. 100 years is generally regarded as sufficient time to have passed before personally identifiable information is released into the public domain.
@Brian Ó Dálaigh: A news story last week, about someone celebrating their 106th birthday, mentioned that there are now close to 500 centenarians in the country.
@Tommy Roche: work for 40 years, get pension for 60…good deal
@Tommy Roche: perhaps we need to extend it to 120 years, just to be sure?
Whats the risk?
It should be released, give us all something to browse during lockdown
@Steve: I was just thinking that. All this find your ancestors stuff is so bloody expensive and when you get into the public censuseseseses they’re so bloomin complicated you can’t find anyone lol
@Steve: I was thinking that considering we’re only really left with the 1901 and 1911 censuses and there was no census in 1921 – in England they released the 1939 register and blacked out the names of anyone (usually very young children) who might still be alive
The 1911 census was released by the CSO long before 2011. The 100 year rule didn’t apply then.
@Gerard McDermott: Pesky GDPR
@Daniel Dunne: If they are worried about GDPR, then the census details shouldn’t actually be released until ALL people listed on the census have actually passed away, not just a period of 100 years.
@Daniel Dunne: GDPR wasn’t effective in 2011.
Data protection. Those on it are mostly dead and their personal data can’t be abused.
@Serge the llama: Mostly dead? I’ve had a bad hangover once or twice – but can’t imagine a 94 year old hitting the bottle like that.
@Serge the llama: Turns out your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. See, mostly dead is still slightly alive.
This makes it look like there is something to hide and ‘data protection’ is the rock they are hiding under. This doesn’t pass the smell test at all. Information in the census should be open to the public as it is a public record. Stop hiding and move towards a more open and free society.
@Scot Tanner Buchholz: What … the 94-year-olds are still pulling the strings of power: is that your contention? Changes to the sense of smell are a COVID symptom, so maybe a test is in order. You can post the result back here, in the interest of openness.
Actually, it’s more complex and not to do with GDPR.
Some background data here: https://t.co/542NpB30qv
And the petition to release it early: https://t.co/lUJ4XfBvtA
After 94 years, 6 years early…. priorities lads
Just release the damn thing already. Jimmy Deenihan promised, back in 2012, that it would be released early to help with genealogy. Now is the ideal time when so many are locked down and looking for something to do. If needs be, redact the names of the <500 who are still alive and release those few in 2026.
Most of these regs only make sense to the bewigged heads in chambers.
94 y/olds would have been in nappies in 1926, & unlikely to have any relevance to matters of state, or even public interest. Nor to subversive elements.
Bet the wigs charge handsomely to trace information in it when it comes to property transfers & inheritance.
Ridiculous waste of resources ….. Why does it matter ? The majority of people born in 1926 or before that , that would have been on census have died . Information on marriages up to and including 1944 and deaths and including 1969 are found for free on a government website !
@Mary Mc Carthy: where can you get this information Mary if you don’t mind me asking.
@Franny Ando: Irish genealogy.ie
Release it earlier: https://www.change.org/p/leo-varadkar-release-the-1926-irish-census
This is ridiculous. This makes it look like there is something to hide and ‘data protection’ is the rock they are hiding under. This doesn’t pass the smell test at all. Information in the census should be open to the public as it is a public record. Stop hiding and move towards a more open and free society.
Hmmm… I hope the Gardaí give this as much attention as they gave the stolen bike I reported…
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