マレーシア機の一部か、インド洋で謎の残骸発見 2014年3月消息絶つ

昨年3月に南シナ海で消息を絶ったマレーシア航空機の可能性がある翼の残骸が29日、インド洋のフランス海外県レユニオン島で見つかり、マレーシア政府は調査チームを派遣した。
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Police and gendarmes carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. The two-metre-long debris, which appears to be a piece of a wing, was found by employees of an association cleaning the area and handed over to the air transport brigade of the French gendarmerie (BGTA), who have opened an investigation. An air safety expert did not exclude it could be a part of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YANNICK PITOU (Photo credit should read YANNICK PITOU/AFP/Getty Images)
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2014年3月に南シナ海で消息を絶ったマレーシア航空機の可能性がある翼の残骸が7月29日、インド洋のフランス海外県レユニオン島で見つかった。フランスの航空専門家が明らかにした。フランスの航空当局も調査を始め、マレーシア政府は調査チームを派遣した。時事ドットコムなどが報じた。

飛行機の翼の一部のようにも見える大きさ約2メートルの残骸は、海岸を清掃中の住民が発見した。目撃者は「貝殻に覆われていたので、水の中に長い時間漬かっていたようだ」と話している。仏航空専門家は「不明機の翼と見つかった残骸には、驚くほど類似点がある」と指摘した。

時事ドットコム:消息不明マレーシア機の一部?=インド洋の島、謎の残骸発見 2015/07/30 06:34)

マレーシア機か、捜索する警官
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Policemen and gendarmes stand next to a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. The two-metre-long debris, which appears to be a piece of a wing, was found by employees of an association cleaning the area and handed over to the air transport brigade of the French gendarmerie (BGTA), who have opened an investigation. An air safety expert did not exclude it could be a part of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YANNICK PITOU (Photo credit should read YANNICK PITOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YANNICK PITOU via Getty Images)
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Police carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. The two-metre-long debris, which appears to be a piece of a wing, was found by employees of an association cleaning the area and handed over to the air transport brigade of the French gendarmerie (BGTA), who have opened an investigation. An air safety expert did not exclude it could be a part of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YANNICK PITOU (Photo credit should read YANNICK PITOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YANNICK PITOU via Getty Images)
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A policeman and a gendarme stand next to a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. The two-metre-long debris, which appears to be a piece of a wing, was found by employees of an association cleaning the area and handed over to the air transport brigade of the French gendarmerie (BGTA), who have opened an investigation. An air safety expert did not exclude it could be a part of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YANNICK PITOU (Photo credit should read YANNICK PITOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YANNICK PITOU via Getty Images)
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A policeman and a gendarme stand next to a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. The two-metre-long debris, which appears to be a piece of a wing, was found by employees of an association cleaning the area and handed over to the air transport brigade of the French gendarmerie (BGTA), who have opened an investigation. An air safety expert did not exclude it could be a part of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YANNICK PITOU (Photo credit should read YANNICK PITOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YANNICK PITOU via Getty Images)
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Police and gendarmes carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion, in the east of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on July 29, 2015. The two-metre-long debris, which appears to be a piece of a wing, was found by employees of an association cleaning the area and handed over to the air transport brigade of the French gendarmerie (BGTA), who have opened an investigation. An air safety expert did not exclude it could be a part of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YANNICK PITOU (Photo credit should read YANNICK PITOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YANNICK PITOU via Getty Images)

フランスの専門家はTwitterで、島の住民から送られてきた多数の写真に目を通し、不明機と同じボーイング777の翼の一部と推定、「確実とは言えないが、マレーシア機の可能性がある」などと記している。

残骸を検証した地元警察は、1年間ほど水中にあったように見えると説明した。フジツボが付着していたとの情報も報じられているという。

消息を絶ったのは、クアラルンプール発北京行きのマレーシア航空370便。ボーイング777型機で、乗員乗客239人が搭乗していた。消息をたってから1年以上、行方がわからないままで、オーストラリアの西のインド洋に墜落したとみられているが同機の所在を示す手掛かりはこれまで見つかっておらず、航空史上最大の謎とされていた。

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