When a piece of the wing of a Boeing 777

When a piece of the wing of a Boeing 777 was found in the Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, the Malaysian government quickly identified as part of the Malaysian Airlines flight 370 that disappeared last year. But the investigation failed to identify the piece, making this story becomes increasingly strange day.
Shortly after the flaperon appear on the beach, Boeing engineers confirmed that the wing belonged to an aircraft 777. And the MH370, who disappeared in March 2014, was the only 777 disappeared by then. So case closed, right?
The Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, believed that the piece was part of the missing flight, and 5 August, by way of a notice, declared to the world that she was indeed. But minutes later, Serge Mackowiak, French researcher, disputed the Razak's statement, saying that more tests would be needed to determine the source of the wing piece. The results should come out one day after the statement. But days passed. And now weeks.
What happened? According to New York Magazine, the nameplate should be stuck next to the flaperon was not found. This board, placed in all aircraft flaperons 777, should contain the part serial number, connecting it to the flight MH370. The disappearance of this issue not only frustrated the verification process, but also took other aspects of the research wing (perhaps excessive) scrutiny.
For example, the flaperon was covered in crustaceans. Crustaceans at all! And some people are getting crazy with this, as these crustaceans suggested that the wing spent several months below the ocean surface. But how?
While it is easy to imagine a submarine or a diver hovering 10-20 meters below the surface of the water, this is not something that inanimate objects are able to do alone: ​​that they are lighter than water, and in this case float, or they They are heavier and sink in this case.
So as a piece of plane almost 2 m remained below the ocean surface for so long? Until then, there is no common sense response; the variety of possible explanations at the time range from natural processes not yet identified the intentional intervention conspirators.
Surely there is a logical explanation for all this, and we will discover it sooner or later - perhaps even learn a thing or two about the ecology of these crustaceans in the process! But until then, the detectives the internet certainly created the wildest stories for the case of flaperon. The fate of the MH370 flight remains increasingly mysterious. [New York Magazine]