Bearfoil
The Port Outer Spoiler was located North of TASIL and a graphic showing it in relation to other debris follows:-
I have the actual recovery position and time, and it should be noted that the spoiler was floating flush with the surface and well anchored in the water by the attached framing.
I surmise that if an overspeed event had occurred, then the spoiler attached frame "fail signature" would not have been similar to that found round the V/S anchor points.
Of interest, is the debris item just NW of the Last Known Position and marked "07". I have no information as to what it is, but it was found on 7 June 2009 and I suspect that it has broken loose from the bottom. It could have just surfaced, but there is no way of telling when. The items to the East and circled, do not appear in later debris field charts published by the BEA and I suspect they are not related to AF447.
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