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Captain's log: DOI Update 07.10.16 - ATSB Debris report No.5

Via @atsbinfo:

Published: 7 October 2016

Debris examination – update No. 5

Identification of wing trailing edge debris recovered from Mauritius

Introduction

An item of composite debris was recovered on the island of Mauritius around 10 May 2016. The item profile was consistent with the trailing edge of an aircraft wing. The item was subsequently collected by a member of the Malayisan investigation team and hand-delivered to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau for identification.

This document is a brief summary of the item identification, designated part number 6. It follows the previous identification and examination reports available on this website. This summary is released with the concurrence of the Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370.

Identification

Part No. 6

A part number was identified on a section of the debris, identifying it as a trailing edge splice strap, incorporated into the rear spar assembly of a Boeing 777 left outboard flap. This was consistent with the appearance and construction of the debris.
Adjacent to the part number was an “OL” part identifier, similar to those found on the right outboard flap section (Examination update 3). The flap manufacturer supplied records indicating that this identifier was a unique work order number and that the referred part was incorporated into the outboard flap shipset line number 404 which corresponded to the Boeing 777 aircraft line number 404, registered 9M-MRO and operating as MH370.

Figure 1: Left outboard flap trailing edge section showing part identification numbers

Source: ATSB

Conclusion

Part number 6 was a trailing edge section of Boeing 777 left, outboard flap, originating from the Malaysian Airlines aircraft registered 9M-MRO.

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Download PDF of the Debris report 5

Here we go watch all the armchair experts come out of the woodwork; (No.1) we finally have identified flap debris from the LHS of 9M-MRO; & (No.2) the part is fractured.

Depending on which side of the fence you sit the ad nauseum debate will be certain to contain elements of; the pilot did it vs the pilot didn't do it; the pilots, crew & pax were all dead from hypoxia vs the pilot did some sort of death dive; the flaps were retracted vs the flaps were extended...blahblahblahblah    

From my point of view the speculation is tiresome and the only real conclusion you can make from this latest identified piece of debris is that the % probability continues to increase that the ATSB led MH370 SIO deep sea search is looking in the wrong area...

It also reiterates why it is extremely important to find & recover both the MH370 fuselage and the black boxes. However for that to be achieved we need the likes of Sir Tim Clark, Al Baker, Boeing, Thales et.al to put their money where their mouth is and help fund the continued search for MH370.

Like Clive Irving said (below) in his blog - or see HERE - it is high time the adults wrested back control of the JIT investigation because the corrupt Malaysians have proven time and again (for whatever reason) that they are conflicted and dishonest when it comes to dealing with the MH370 investigation and search...  

..The time has surely arrived when the responsibility for the investigation can no longer be left to the Malaysians. Other parties to the investigation with reputations for integrity to uphold, like the crash investigators from the U.S., Britain, France, and Australia, as well as Boeing, should end this farrago. After all this time, they cannot any longer hide behind the defense that the investigation is continuing and, calling up the lawyers, assert that as long as it is they are obligated not to comment.

It ought to be straightforward to distinguish between what is known and what remains unknown about what happened on that night in March 2014. That would be a start toward transparency. It is not a mark of failure to admit that much remains unknown or even unknowable, at least until more substantial evidence, like the flight data recorders, is discovered. And even if it is not, and in the end the mystery remains a mystery, there must still be accountability for the way the investigation has so far been handled. There surely must be no doubt now that the investigation of Flight MH370 is unfit for purpose...

MTF...P2