They’ll look for tiny fractures in the surface, which could reveal the jet’s angle of impact, says Waldock. ... If investigators conclude the flaperon is from MH370, ...

Q) Surely “when”, not “if” - since one flaperon has been found, there must be more debris? Not necessarily floating on the surface of the ocean. Most aircraft parts will sink.

French police officers carry the plane debris on July 29. Experts say the metallic object may be a piece of a moving wing surface, known as a flaperon, from a Boeing 777.

Now that Malaysia’s prime minister says it’s from MH370, could a portion of plane wing be the clue needed to unlock one of aviation’s biggest mysteries?

At the time of the discovery, it was generally accepted that the wing segment, a so-called “flaperon,” could only come from MH370: Boeing engineers confirmed that the part was from a 777, and ...

Barnacles could hold key to finding wreckage of Malaysia Airlines MH370 Scientists partially reconstruct debris drift path based on ocean temp data stored in shells.

"It is almost certain that the flaperon is from a Boeing 777 aircraft. Our chief investigator here told me this," Malaysian Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi told Reuters.

Debris that closely resembles a flaperon from a Boeing 777 was found on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean, southeast of Madagascar. If confirmed, this could be the first evidence of Malaysia ...

As the Kuwait University researchers did not have access to all the barnacles, they could not chart the debris’ whole journey – but they could work out that the flaperon spent its “last ...

A piece of wreckage that washed up on an island in the Indian Ocean is from a Boeing 777, the same type of aircraft as MH370, Malaysia says.

Q: I have read about a "flaperon" being found as evidence in the MH 370 accident. What is this control surface's function, and where is it found on the aircraft? — Craig, Ivanhoe, Ill.

Shortly after the flaperon washed up, Boeing engineers confirmed that the wing segment belongs to a 777. And MH370, which went missing in March of 2014, is the only 777 unaccounted for.