| We flew the HI-ILS, made our gear call at three miles, touched down on the piano keys, and began to aerobrake with good flaperon popups. |
| Mr Truss told a press conference that a number stamped on the flaperon could be used to quickly identify whether it is from the missing plane. |
| Investigators will also be scrutinising the flaperon for signs of how it was torn away from the wing it was part of. |
| The fuselage opening is placed underneath to make it possible that the flaperon connection runs straight and without complications. |
| The two-metre object, thought to be a section of wing called a flaperon, will be probed at a defence ministry lab in Toulouse. |
| A flaperon appeared on Reunion last week, and was sent to France to be assessed by experts, and has now been verified as genuine. |
