What is a flaperon? Flaperons are control surfaces on the wing of an aircraft that help to stabilize the plane during low-speed flying during take-off and landing.

MH370 Probe: What’s Next for the Flaperon? Officials are "increasingly confident" the debris comes from the missing jet.

MH370 Debris Confirmed The flaperon found washed up on a La Reunion Island beach was confirmed today to be part of the missing Malaysia Airlines 370 aircraft.

What have they found? A flaperon appeared on Reunion last week, and was sent to France to be assessed by experts, and has now been verified as genuine.

Independent group says flaperon, likely from Boeing 777, probably came off while plane was hurtling toward sea.

Scientists thought the flaperon’s barnacles were a clue. Now, new evidence could turn them into a breakthrough.

As a result, the investigators have a "high degree of confidence" the part found on the island could be the right "flaperon" from the 777, CNN reported. So what is a flaperon and what does it do?

Earlier Wednesday, investigators in France began examining the flaperon, which was found on a beach in the town of Saint Andre a week ago. The part was taken to the DGA TA aeronautical testing ...

At 8.30am on July 29, 2015, on the northeastern shore of Réunion Island, a cleanup crew was working its way along a stretch of pebbly beach when a worker named Johnny Begue spotted an unfamiliar ...

If the flaperon is indeed from a Boeing 777, the inspectors would turn to circumstantial evidence to see how likely it is it came from MH370. "If it's from a 777, then it has to be a 777 that went ...

How do flaperons operate? The surface is moved by two actuators, which receive inputs form the plane’s flight-control computer that translates pilot commands into how the flaperon and other control ...