Confirm what appears likely that it is the first piece of Malaysia Flight 370 to be found since the plane vanished 17 months ago. Seth doane now on what could be the first piece of the puzzle. Reporter the debris that washed ashore appeared to be part of the wing known as a flaperon of a boeing 777 aircraft, and today boeing confirmed that the serial number found on the wreckage belonged to one of their aircraft parts. The flaperon will be taken to france for more analysis, including examining the barnicles to see if it matches something submerged for roughly 500 days. Australias transport minister warren truss called the find a major lead. This is, obviously a very significant development. Its the first real evidence that there is a possibility that a part of the aircraft may have been found. Reporter the flaperon is part of the wing that helps control the aircrafts speed on landing. It was discovered on reunion island 2300 miles west of the current search zone in the southern indian
League player in tears. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. One question answered to raise so many more in the disappointearance of flight 370. The aircraft piece found on an Indian Ocean Island beach could have come from a boeing 777 removing virtually any doubt after a year and a half, the first tangible piece of aviations biggest puzzle has been found. Our team is on the island tonight and here is exactly what experts saw that told them what they needed to know but what about the rest of the plane, the black boxes . And the passengers and crew. Lets begin our coverage from reunion island with bill neely bill . Reporter good evening, lester, from an island 4,000 miles from where mh 370 is thought to have crashed but this coast has given investigators perhaps the biggest clue yet, more than 500 days into this mystery. The eyes of the aviation world are focused on this debris tha
What her dpash camash cam revealed was happening when she wasnt there. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The summer of dangerous encounters between planes and threats controlled from the ground has seen one more. It happened just this afternoon. A very close call between a drone and an airliner on approach to new yorks Kennedy Airport with 159 people on board. It happened in the most critical phase of the flight the plane low, traveling around 190 Miles Per Hour setting up to land when the drone appeared just 100 feet away. Nbcs tom costello has late information. Reporter its happened again in the nations busiest air space. This time new yorks jfk airport. Just before 5 00 this afternoon delta flight 407 arriving from orlando was preparing to land when it suddenly had a very close call with an unmanned drone just 1,700 feet in the air. Delta 407. Delta 407. Yeahb a mile back the
Wreckage that washed up on a remote beach that could solve one of the worlds great mysteries. It was a piece of a wing from a boeing 777, and theres only one of those missing in the world. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Nbcs bill neely is on that beach at reunion island, where the search is on for more pieces of this tragic puzzle. Reporter hope is alive here. French police are searching reunions beaches for more aircraft debris. Locals are making discoveries. Finding pieces of plastic taken in by police as evidence. The man who found the aircraft part and a battered suitcase here found Water Bottles from china and indonesia today. Half the missing planes passengers were chinese. I hope to find a lot more debris, he says, to help solve this mystery. But there is a problem. Well, the truth is there is every kind of junk on this beach. Something that looks like a machine part. This as well. This is a rubber ring from something. It could have fallen off a ship, off an aircraft. Off anythin
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Good evening. Qaa is a tinder box tonight. That description from governor jerry brown, who declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard. You can see the power and the proximity of these flames. Fueled by the states longrunning drought. And this week the excessive heat. More than 20 major fires are burning. Tens of thousands of acres scorched, homes destroyed. On the front lines, a grim reminder of the danger thousands of firefighters face each day with news that one of their own has died. We get the latest from nbcs joe fryer. Reporter firefighters today are mourning one of their owns. An engine captain from south dakota died in the Modoc National forest. Across the state, 8,000 of his fellow firefighters are now on the front lines including Northern California where the massive rocky fire scorched 22,000 acres so far. Over here we are probably seeing flames in exces