Confirmation of debris does little to dispel wildly diverse theories

Sydney

CONFIRMATION that a wing flap found on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean is from Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 is unlikely to put an end to wildly diverse theories about one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation.

Even as authorities examine the piece of wreckage, called a flaperon, that washed up on a Reunion beach, a host of other experts and enthusiasts are coming to their own conclusions - ranging from an analysis that the plane carried out a controlled landing to the notion that the wing part was planted.