Conflicting opinions on plane MH370 debris

France is adding airplanes, helicopters and ships, including French Marine units, to its search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the government in Paris reported Friday. They have struggled with a desire for closure while holding onto slim hopes that those on board might be alive, and have strongly criticized Malaysia’s handling of the disaster.

A Police team had arrived to gather more information, resort said.

“We didn’t need to take account of how the plane might have hit the water”.

After reviewing their data — including the use of drift modelling to map out where debris might have floated – Dolan said the team was confident the current search zone, about 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) from Reunion island where the two-metre-long piece was found, was correct.

Angered by what some see as mixed messages from the Malaysian and French governments over the link of pieces of debris found on French-governed Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean to the missing aircraft, some 50 protesters attempted to enter the building by force to demand some answers.

It is believed that while Mr Najib’s announcement might put an end to the sorrow and uncertainty faced by families of the missing passengers and crew, they, along with investigators and the aviation industry are still waiting for answers as to why the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft diverted on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.

French prosecutor Serge Mackowiak has said only that there were “very strong indications” that the flaperon does belong to MH370, adding that confirmation would only come after further tests.

Paris had earlier announced that it would conduct new air, land and sea searches on and around the Indian Ocean island in hopes of finding more debris which could be linked to MH370.

“We request that the Malaysian government give us an explanation for this”, said Cheng Liping, whose husband was on board MH370, referring to the discrepancy.

“We’re quite pleased that it’s been found”, she said from her home in Biloela in northeastern Australia.

The parts are reportedly on their way to a French military facility where investigators will determine the veracity of the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s claims that the wing part does belong to MH370. In a handwritten statement posted on Chinese social media and signed “All MH370 passengers’ relatives”, a number of those with missing loved ones expressed “serious doubts” over Najib’s announcement.

“This… will last a week, after which we will draw our first conclusions”, he said.

“The plan will be developed in the coming days, but we will require a minimum of a week conclude the search”, Sorain said.

Zhang Jianyi, a 59-year-old Anhui native whose daughter and son-in-law and their son were on the flight, said he would not believe the finding because many other parts, such as chairs and life jackets, could have been more easily found than the wing part. And there were nagging suspicions that the experts got it wrong.

Major questions still remain, including why the plane went off course, crossed back over Malaysia and went south into the Indian Ocean.