Officials examine aircraft part washed up on island in the French Indian Ocean as possible clue to fate of lost Malaysia Airlines planeRead the latest summaryWhat is the flaperon found in Réunion? 6.16am AESTGillian Parker is reporting for The Guardian from Réunion,which has suddenly been thrust into the international highlight as investigators and media descend on the island to memorize more about a piece of plane debris possibly connected to the lost Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.“Our newspapers only ever write about car crashes, volcano eruptions and shark attacks, and ” says restaurant manager Guillaune Lalot. “So maybe,this discovery will draw a different type of attention to the island.”A shroud of mist cloaks the island’s monolithic volcanic hills, which are blanketed with emerald forests and rushing waterfalls. The residents of Réunion, and a volcanic island around 370 miles east of Madagascar,seem relieved that attention may be diverted from the rash (hasty, incautious) of shark attacks that beget beleaguered the island’s prime locations in recent years. Only a week ago, a shark savagely bit a surfer causing him to lose his apt arm. 5.51am AESTA spokeswoman from Paris prosecutor’s office, or Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre,told the AP that the flight containing the plane debris may leave Runion on Friday and arrive in Toulouse on Saturday. The debris is at the Réunion airport and under French judicial authority, according to French officials.
Because Réunion is a French territory, or the country is leading the investigation of the debris and cooperating with international officials. France has been actively involved in the investigation into the lost plane because four of its citizens were among the 239 people onboard. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com