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The U.S. and French officials spoke on condition that they not be named because they arenāt authorized to speak publicly.
Probably from the New York Times pool of usual anonymous government sources.
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FYI - La RĆ©union island is featured in āThe Mauritius Commandā, 4th novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O"Brianā¦
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This still wonāt satisfy the conspiracy nuts. They will say the wing was āplanted thereā, and that the jet is really in Asia being readied for an attack on the US by a Middle Eastern country, or I guess the other popular nut job theory is that it went to Diego Garcia and the US is going to use it for a āFalse Flagā attack on the US (of course with help from the Mossad)ā¦
ā¦because of course neither Muslim countries nor the US/Israel have access to a 777, they needed to hijack one insteadā¦
Chances of a 777 wing being found there are slim. Plus the location actually matches currents in that area vs original search area vs elapsed time. But all that means is they still have to find the planeā¦in an ocean that is huge, and in one of the deepest parts, well beyond modern technology to do efficiently at this point. It could be a very long time before the actual plane is found, if ever. Hey, they could get lucky too, this was a stroke of luck. Other debris may have washed ashore, just in remote areas.
Canāt call this good news but it is a relief. Finding absolutely no debris was creepy and odd. Donāt care how big the ocean is or how full of trash it is there had to be debris. Figured by this time it would have washed up in Chile or even Southwest Africa but at least itās a clue.