typhoon had passed through, they faced enormous challenges. as david said, it was likely a lot of wreckage there right after it went into the water, but by the time searchers got there, most of it had dispersed and sunk. i think, tom, finding no more debris on this island or anyplace else, what do they do? they keep looking. right now they have aerial searches, and they ve alerted the people on madagascar and the east coast of africa to be alert. it would still be months or a year before something washes up, or get into the current and end up in south america. the earthquake in japan, it was two years later that items floated across the pacific. so this debris, whether it s a crash, a tsunami, a shipwreck it could float around forever until it lands on some beach. david, talk more about the damage seen on this flaperon, this piece of the wing that s