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Ocean current simulations could narrow Flight 370 search

If recently found wing debris is from missing Malaysian plane, it probably came from north half of suspected crash zone

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LOST AT SEA  Ocean current simulations show that aircraft debris found on Réunion Island east of Madagascar could have originated from the northern half of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370’s search area.

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By Thomas Sumner

- More than 2 years ago

Update: On September 3, French investigators confirmed that the airplane wing fragment discovered on an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean originated from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.