With authorities “increasingly confident” the airplane debris recovered Wednesday comes from MH370, the jet that vanished over the Indian Ocean last year, official analysis of the part is set to begin on Wednesday in Toulouse, France.
In Toulouse, investigators will attempt to definitively link the debris to the ill-fated jet — and search for clues about the plane’s final moments.
According to industry experts like Bill Waldock, a professor of safety science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, investigators will likely clean the jet, and then examine its surface — first with a magnifying glass, then potentially through ultrasound technology.
They’ll look for tiny fractures in the surface, which could reveal the jet’s angle of impact, says Waldock.
An ultrasound could show “just how violent the separation was,” the professor tells ABC News.
01/08/15 Erin Dooley/ABC News
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In Toulouse, investigators will attempt to definitively link the debris to the ill-fated jet — and search for clues about the plane’s final moments.
According to industry experts like Bill Waldock, a professor of safety science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, investigators will likely clean the jet, and then examine its surface — first with a magnifying glass, then potentially through ultrasound technology.
They’ll look for tiny fractures in the surface, which could reveal the jet’s angle of impact, says Waldock.
An ultrasound could show “just how violent the separation was,” the professor tells ABC News.
01/08/15 Erin Dooley/ABC News
