Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced last week that the wreckage was “conclusively” found to be from the missing aircraft, while the French prosecutor spoke of a “very strong supposition” that the wing part was from that Boeing 777.
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“It’s possible that the (MH370) aircraft may have been submerged deep inside the ocean for quite some time before the flaperon (a part of the plane’s wing) got detached itself”, Zaaim Redha said.
Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, last year after its departure from Kuala Lumpur with 239 passengers on board, among them 154 Chinese nationals.
Mohamed Shareef, the Maldivian minister attached to the president’s office, was quoted by Agence France-Presse (AFP) as saying that three Malaysian aviation experts began examining debris found in the island on Wednesday to determine if it could be wreckage from MH370.
Malaysia’s government and the state flag carrier have faced intense criticism from next-of-kin who accuse both of a fumbled response to the jet’s disappearance, confusing statements, and failing to share information with relatives, charges that are denied.
The Voice 370 statement said families “are apprehensive about the handling of the whole incident from day one by the Malaysian authorities”. It is believed to have gone down in the southern Indian Ocean region. “They are not related to MH370 and not even plane material”, he said.
“Coordinated searches will continue until the beginning of next week”.
Search crews hope to locate a crash site and recover the plane’s data recorders, which would be analysed for clues on the cause of the disaster.
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“It (the flaperon) was only slightly damaged and was just encrusted with barnacles”, Rahman told the Bernama news agency. He has managed and overseen start ups in Mining, Shipping, Technology and Financial Services.
