A Frenchman who clears the beaches of the tiny island where a piece of debris suspected to have come from missing Malaysian Airline flight MH370 was found this week says he found and destroyed several items that may have come from the plane earlier this year.
Reunion Island local Nicholas Ferrier said he burned a blue seat and several pieces of luggage that could have come from the aircraft, thinking they were insignificant pieces of trash.
"I found a couple of suitcases too, around the same time, full of things," Mr Ferrier told The Sunday Telegraph.
"I burnt them. That's my job. I collect rubbish, and burn it.
"I could have found many things that belonged to the plane, and burnt them, without realising. Like the seat," he said.
Mr Ferrier, said his wife was the only other person who knew about the blue seat, which he spotted roughly three months ago.
"It wasn't until Wednesday that it hit me what it could have been," Mr Ferrier said.
"It was probably part of that plane."
He also claimed to have seen the piece of wing – reportedly a component unique to Boeing called a flaperon – in early May, a contention backed up by another local who said she saw the barnacle-encrusted piece of debris while on a stroll with her young son.
Read news in full02/08/15 ninemsn/9News.com.au
Reunion Island local Nicholas Ferrier said he burned a blue seat and several pieces of luggage that could have come from the aircraft, thinking they were insignificant pieces of trash.
"I found a couple of suitcases too, around the same time, full of things," Mr Ferrier told The Sunday Telegraph.
"I burnt them. That's my job. I collect rubbish, and burn it.
"I could have found many things that belonged to the plane, and burnt them, without realising. Like the seat," he said.
Mr Ferrier, said his wife was the only other person who knew about the blue seat, which he spotted roughly three months ago.
"It wasn't until Wednesday that it hit me what it could have been," Mr Ferrier said.
"It was probably part of that plane."
He also claimed to have seen the piece of wing – reportedly a component unique to Boeing called a flaperon – in early May, a contention backed up by another local who said she saw the barnacle-encrusted piece of debris while on a stroll with her young son.
Read news in full02/08/15 ninemsn/9News.com.au
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