Originally Posted by
lucille
In an effort to exclude every other possibility, could the delay be due to Boeing trying to account for every flaperon they ever built?
1. Boeing are presumably part of the official investigation, so probably aren't allowed to talk unless they're asked to.
2. Do you want to be the guy who publicly says 'that's from MH370', and then it turns out to be something else?
Better to be sure than to be wrong, I'd say.