Quote from portmanteau:
"ok so we are more or less agreed that the reunion one came from 370. it is thus reasonable to assume that the action or event that led to it becoming detached might have/must have resulted in other parts of the aircraft floating up(?) and away. so where are they?"
There's been much discussion here earlier, but this was my view 11 days ago:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post9092541
...and 10 days ago:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post9093471
Hi catch21,
"Doesn't finding this flaperon in this condition support the theory that the aircraft ditched in a controlled manner, rather than spearing-in?"
Yes, although some posters argue it could have detached in a very high-speed descent, and presumably fluttered down relatively gently. My problem with the smooth ditching theory has always been that you simply don't find favourable conditions as far south as the calculated search areas.