[Brock McEwen]

Thanks for all who contributed to the Vabbinfaru debris assessment. The likelihood the core of this item is in fact Nomex appears to be growing. A slab of MH17 debris photographed by Jeroen Akkermans shows dark red Nomex honeycomb filled with yellow potting compound. Its view from the sheared side bears a striking resemblance to the view from the sheared side of the Vabbinfaru piece - suggesting to me the strong possibility that this is in fact dark red Nomex filled with white potting compound.

Here's a link to both a jpeg and a pdf summarizing the argument that the Vabbinfaru debris is at least worth a much closer look. The jpeg is of higher resolution; the pdf has live links to verify sources. The Nomex comparison appears in the middle of the "montage":

https://twitter.com/Brock_McEwen/status/...0532109313