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The flaperon may shed light on what kind of stress the plane endured as it hit the ocean, but it's unlikely to tell us much about the reason the aircraft failed in the first place.

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.