The flaperon from MH370 should have had a year’s worth of barnacle growth. It didn’t. Today we dig into the surprising ...

If investigators conclude the flaperon is from MH370, “this confirms the airplane crashed — and that removes any hope” that the passengers survived, Waldock says.

The flaperon - a component used for turns and for low-speed flying - is being analysed at a French military aeronautical laboratory outside Toulouse. What can be inferred from the find?

Truss said that if the flaperon is proven to be from MH370, its discovery did not “provide a great deal of help in specifically identifying where the aircraft is.” ...

The flaperon and its Lepas spurred a decade of fruitful worldwide research into a previously obscure organism and unlocked the creature’s potential to serve as a natural data logger in all kinds ...

After what appears to be a Boeing 777 part was recovered, sparking renewed interest in the MH370 investigation, Malaysia Airlines referred to the debris as a “flaperon." ...

While the world’s attention is on the flaperon, however, the sonar-scanning of the seabed on the other side of the Indian Ocean promises to tell us even more about MH370 ’s fate.

The flaperon was likely able to stay afloat due to its hollow structure. Its natural buoyancy allowed it to eventually land on Reunion Island, where it was found by beach cleaners late last month.

A piece of aircraft debris that washed up on an Indian Ocean island is believed to be a flaperon, possibly from a ing 777, though authorities say it is too early to know whether the part comes ...

Mapping out the MH370 hunt. If it’s part of the plane, is it more likely the main section will be found? Truss said no. Truss said that if the flaperon is proven to be from MH370, its discovery ...