Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Malaysia's transport minister said Thursday that a maintenance seal and other details prove that a wing part found on an Indian Ocean island belongs to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a claim the prime minister made hours earlier but that other countries involved in the investigation have shied from making.
Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said a maintenance seal on the flaperon matches the airline's records, though he didn't elaborate.
"From our first observation, the color tone and all maintenance records that we have, we know. Our records show that it's the same as MH370," Liow said. He said there are "many other technical details that I do not have to reveal" but that confirm the part is from Flight 370.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced early Thursday morning that the part, known as a flaperon, did indeed come from the doomed aircraft, but authorities in France, the U.S. and Australia have stopped short of full confirmation.
The conflicting comments infuriated many families of those on board the plane, who have waited more than 500 days for concrete clues into the fates of their loved ones. Dai Shuqin, the sister of one of the passengers, was among about a dozen Chinese relatives who held a demonstration outside Malaysia Airlines' offices in Beijing.
06/08/15 AP/New York Times
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Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said a maintenance seal on the flaperon matches the airline's records, though he didn't elaborate.
"From our first observation, the color tone and all maintenance records that we have, we know. Our records show that it's the same as MH370," Liow said. He said there are "many other technical details that I do not have to reveal" but that confirm the part is from Flight 370.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced early Thursday morning that the part, known as a flaperon, did indeed come from the doomed aircraft, but authorities in France, the U.S. and Australia have stopped short of full confirmation.
The conflicting comments infuriated many families of those on board the plane, who have waited more than 500 days for concrete clues into the fates of their loved ones. Dai Shuqin, the sister of one of the passengers, was among about a dozen Chinese relatives who held a demonstration outside Malaysia Airlines' offices in Beijing.
06/08/15 AP/New York Times
