第二块疑似飞机残骸被冲上留尼汪岛_时事

第二块疑似飞机残骸被冲上留尼汪岛

如果这些残骸被确认来自失联航班，它可能提供关于飞机失事真相的关键线索。该机从吉隆坡起飞后，最初朝东北方向飞行，后来突然改变航向向西飞行，随即与空管部门失联。

Malaysia, Australia and China have been conducting an extensive search, working on the theorythat it crashed within a 120,000 sq km area of the southern Indian Ocean, 1,800km south-westof Australia.

马来西亚、澳大利亚和中国一直在大片海域进行搜索，他们的推测是，该机在南印度洋一个12万平方公里的区域内坠毁，位于澳大利亚西南方向1800公里处。

Experts said the discovery of the wreckage washed up on La Réunion, a long way from thetheoretical crash zone, was consistent with the direction of the ocean currents.

专家们表示，在远离理论推定的坠机海域的留尼汪岛发现被冲上岸的飞机碎片，与洋流方向是吻合的。

News of Sunday’s find was originally reported on a local radio station as being a possible doorof a plane. It was described as a large metal object, covered in foreign writing.

周日发现第二块碎片的资讯最初由当地一家电台报道，称其是一个大的金属物件，疑似一扇飞机舱门，上面有外国文字。

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said on Thursday that the discovery of the wreckage onthe island was “not inconsistent with the current search location that is 4,200km east of LaRéunion.