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Flight 370, debris washed ashore today on a remote island off africa. it would be part of the investigation along with an apparent wing part that washed ashore on wednesday. were back with tom fuentes, peter goelz, and cnns aviation correspondent rene marsh. correct me if im wrong, theyre very, very clog to making a definitive announcement that at least the wing flap part is from your -- >> i think theyll get it back to toulouse, take it apart. confirm that the internal rental station parts and ...

Get up close and personal to this piece to see it with their own eyes. of course, at this point theyre just relying on photos. now, separately a parts broker who is familiar with 777 aircraft tells our cnn producer aaron cooper that markings on the debris in these photos appears to match markings for the right wing flaperon of a boeing 777. so laymans terms, a flaperon essentially is a portion of the wing that helps the pilot control the aircraft, slow it down or speed it up. we do know based on...

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...

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