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If this is match, what might the implications be?

• mikeash 11y ago
  I don't think there would be a whole lot. It will lend additional support to the theory that the airliner flew south and then crashed into the ocean west of Australia. That's already been a fairly sure bet, based on where it disappeared from radar, the arcs generated by the satellite pings, and the fuel on board, and that's where the ongoing search is taking place. Confirming it is nice, but won't change much. It should put to rest theories about the plane being hijacked or stolen and taken to some remote island or country for use in...whatever. On the other hand, people who believe that stuff will also tend to believe that this debris is a deliberate fake. I doubt anything can be inferred from the condition of the debris that would help to explain why the plane flew off course and crashed. It will be nice to have confirmation of the prevailing theory of where the plane crashed, but unfortunately it won't answer a whole lot.
• untog 11y ago
  For one, that it wasn't hijacked and taken to a secret location or whatever the insane conspiracy theory was...
  • uptown 11y ago
    Don't you realize the people that believed that theory won't accept this wing as authentic if it's found to be from the plane?
    • Steko 11y ago
      It really doesn't matter if they believe it. It will be convincing enough that the rest of the world no longer needs to pay them any heed.