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

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 ...

The flaperon that French authorities recovered was overrun by Lepas anatifera, or Gooseneck barnacles, which happen to contain a record of their growth on the seafaring journey that they've taken ...

Better still, the flaperon carried with it evidence that may help locate the plane and solve the mystery once and for all: a population of gooseneck barnacles called Lepas anatifera.

Further research—hopefully on the oldest barnacles found clinging to the flaperon—could help narrow down the best areas to search for MH370 even more.

3D printing CFRP molds for RTM flaperon, exoskeletons and more The Chair of Carbon Composites at TU Munich is advancing composite additive manufacturing via large-scale extrusion, continuous fiber ...

CONFIRMATION a Boeing 777 flaperon found on Reunion Island in July was indeed from MH370 has provided some comfort to Australian families of those on board the missing plane.

A flaperon is a section from the plane’s wing that helps to control speed and position. In September 2015, French judicial authorities who examined it confirmed that it came from MH370.

New modelling and analysis of drift patterns corroborate analysis from late 2016 that the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that operated flight MH370 is most likely in a new search area.

What flaperon barnacles revealed about MH370 mystery TINY barnacles scraped off a piece of MH370 debris have only served to deepen the mystery surrounding the missing plane. What can they tell us?

ANALYSIS of barnacles found on a flaperon from MH370 has added to the mystery surrounding the plane’s final resting place — with scientists in France and Australia reaching different conclusions.