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During flight. >> now that they have this, is there any reverse engineering that can go on? how helpful is it that its 2300 miles away from where theyre looking? >> the reverse engineering as far as the drift patterns, i dont think there could be anything conclusively derived from where its located. there were two major, major storms in this period of time that went through this area and could have disrupted even what you would think of as the currents and because its floating as well, even the ...

Explain to everybody exactly what the component number is, why its so central to determining whether the fragment is that from mh-370. >> well, the boeing company and probably the airline know exactly what the numbers are. >> uh-huh. >> in the aircraft. so that will not be the question. but i think that -- i think people are being a little overoptimistic about what this means. >> how do you mean? overoptimistic that its actually going to lead to a larger section of the plane, the black box the c...

The indian ocean is a bit like a washing machine. it has this counter clockwise current. it has currents also going east and west. so its a complicated matter to sort out how pieces of wreck saj would move. based on where this piece turned up if indeed this is part of mh-370 working backwards, that means the place on the ocean bed where they are saeshlging is probably the right spot. it is a huge area. theyve already searched an area half the size of pennsylvania. theyre continuing with these to...

Safety analyst david souci a former faa accident investigators. justin, youre here with us in studio. it has a number, a component number, they say that corresponds to a boeing 777. if it is a part from a 777, almost has to be from mh-370, yes? >> thats absolutely correct. after i left you this morning, i spent the morning talking to the families who i represent from the crash and what they want to know is 100%accuracy. thats what theyre waiting on. >> after all of the raising of hopes and dashi...

Talking to your sources who brought this information about this component number. what does this mean, this high level of confidence? >> reporter: well, kate and john, you definitely get the sense that investigators confidence is rising. i want to just kind of set the full picture here. yesterday a source close to the investigation told me that based on the photos that boeing engineers had been looking at, based on the appearance and their knowledge of the eunique elements and design of a boeing...

So far their assessment has been based on photos, but its not a matter of if, but when officials will get a closer look. tonight confidence is rising debris found on reunion island is that of a boeing 777, the same type of air krafl as malaysia airlines flight 370. a newspaper on the island publishing images of what it says with a debris with the component number stenciled on it. a source close to the investigation tells cnn boeing engineers have scrutinized photos and say there is a component n...

1200 boeing 777s flying around that same number, the serial number, if they could kind that, thats unique to this flight 370? >> right. absolutely. so far we dont have any information that they do have a serial number. what we do know is that component number that weve seen images of thats what they have. ive been explaining this all day today. essentially what that is, imagine you go to a department store, you get -- and this component number essentially tells you this goes here on the aircraft...

Design of a boeing 777, a portion of the wing, and now were at the point where boeing engineers are now saying they believe they see a component number that may be a match to a boeing 777. so obviously thats a more tangible, thats stronger evidence that perhaps this could belong to a 777. of course, all of that being said, they are simply looking at photos at this point. what they want to do is look at it with their own eyes so that they are 100% sure that the numbers theyre seeing in this photo...

They havent necessarily tharks number 657bb, is the component number. thats on all flaperons for all 777s or just this particular malaysian airlines flight 370 777? >> say you get something from the store and you have to put it together. you get an image that looks similar to what you saw on the screen there. to put it together you see part one, part two and part three. you use the numbers to affix whatever it is you are putting together. its similar to that. you will have this maintenance manua...

Ago. the aircraft fragment is being transported to france. one thing investigators will be looking at is to see if this component number matches those from the missing wing of the plane. the fragment which resembles part of the a wing from a boeing 777 was located wednesday on the island of reunion. today search crews have recovered a damaged suitcase also on that same island. the french controlled idea land lies in the indian ocean near madagascar, thousands of miles from the original search zo...