MALAYSIA-AIRLINES/CRASH-DEBRIS ARRIVAL Airplane debris reportedly arrives in France for Malaysia crash investigation

Record ID: 145473

  • Title: MALAYSIA-AIRLINES/CRASH-DEBRIS ARRIVAL Airplane debris reportedly arrives in France for Malaysia crash investigation
  • Date: 1st August 2015
  • Summary: ORLY, FRANCE (AUGUST 1, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF ORLY AIRPORT, TERMINAL WEST, WHERE PLANE REPORTEDLY CARRYING DEBRIS LANDED AIR FRANCE PLANES ON TARMAC AIR FRANCE PLANE TAXIING VARIOUS OF PLANES ON TARMAC
  • Embargoed: 16th August 2015 13:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA7NVXHX255BGJM8NPEANG0LQ3Y
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: An Air France flight said to be carrying plane debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion and may belong to the vanished Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 arrived in Paris Saturday (August 1) morning for investigators to study its origin.
    According to airport sources the plane arrived at Orly airport at 0417 GMT.
    The debris will then be delivered to a military unit near the southwest city of Toulouse specialised in analysing aviation wreckage.
    In May 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared after veering off course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. A massive underwater search for the wreckage has been underway in the Indian Ocean to try to figure out the mystery of what happened to the plane.
    Experts hope the barnacled 2-2.5 metres (6.5-8 feet) long wing surface known as a flaperon and a fragment of luggage could yield clues as to the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished without trace in March 2014.
    There were 239 passengers and crew on board, and some families of the victims are demanding further compensation from the airline.
    Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told Reuters in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday that additional Malaysian officials were headed to Reunion to look for more debris and others would go to France.
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