The question of how the patch separated from the plane, is definitely intriguing, as is, possibly, how patch is the only potential Elektra part found by TIGHAR on Nikumororo, (In this sense, the patch is to the Elektra as the flaperon is to MH370.)
But i am more interested, at the moment, in MH370, and the issue of Lithium-Ion batteries being shipped as cargo on passenger airliners, as discussed in the Daily Beast article I sited. It is (IMHO) a potentially dangerous practice, and it is surprising (to me) that there is any controversy, as there has been for years. In many parts of the world, it is common practice. In parts of the world without air cargo service, the cargo hold of a passenger jet is seen as the best (or only) alternative.
Based on its tests, the FAA wants to ban the practice until adequate safety standards can be devised:
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/faa-backs-ban-shipping-lithium-batteries-commercial-airlines-n441096 Boeing has warned its customers of the hazard, as noted in the first paragraphs of the Daily Beast article. Yet, the battery industry resists the recommendation (from Boeing, the FAA, and Airbus), insisting that the airline is the better judge of what it can safely carry.
Continuing on the sillier note, Amelia's plane carried two Exide 85 Amp-Hr batteries. the kind she warned FN to 'look out for' in Betty's notebook. See forum post :
http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,252.msg2222.html#msg2222.
Connecting the silly to the tragic: If heaving that battery at the patch might dislodge it from AE's plane, is it not possible that a flaming pallet of Li-Ion batteries could burn through the cargo liner and into the electronics of a Boeing 777?