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Left wing. a controlling flaperon. it is the right type of piece to find. it is also the right color and in the right condition. it has barnacles all over it. it is consistent with being in the water for 500 days. we have to check out the identifiers. almost every part of the big aircraft has serial numbers on it like this seat cushion from a different plane. if they find the serial number on the part they just found and it matches the malaysia airline flight, that is a deal. they will have evidence of what happened to the plane. it doesn't answer the question of how it ended up where it did. ...

Boeing 777. cnn's tom foreman with more now and how officials can figure out it is from the missing malaysian jet. >> reporter: this piece of debris is about seven feet long and three or four feet wide and we're now told it is consistent with what you would find on a 777 made by boeing. let's bring up a model of the missing plane and talk about where you would find it on the plane. our analysts say it would likely be on the back side of the left wing. a controlling flaperon. it meets the first part of the test for a match. it is the right type of piece to find. it is the right color and right ...

We are told it is consistent with a 777 made by boeing. let's bring up a model of the missing plane and talk about where you would find it on the plane. our aviation analysts say it would likely be on the back side of the left wing here. a controlling flaperon. it meets the first part of the test for a match. it is the right type of piece to find. it is also the right color and right condition. it has barncales over it. you have to check out the identifiers. almost all pieces have serial numbers on it. if the serial number matches the malaysia air flight, then that's the deal. they will know t...

Spot, although they say they are confident they are looking in the right place any way, but it will dispel a lot of conspiracy theories. >> we can only open that this piece more debris will be recovered in that area and perhaps some closure for those 239 families. jeffrey thomas, live in perth, auls australia, thank you so much. >> pleasure. a closer look at that piece of debris and what it may tell investigators. >> reporter: this piece of debris is about seven feet long, three or four feet wide and we're now told it is consistent with what you would find on a 777 made by boeing. let's brin...

The question is there is an investigative process they have to go through. boeing is the expert on whether this is in fact a boeing part. they will help the investigators identify it as a 777 part. then the question is how they willow officially release the information. i hope they release the information first to the families. >> that would be nice. the families have not been given information in a timely fashion. there appears to be a maintenance number. that maintenance number should be enough to connect? >> absolutely. every part -- one of the things you have to understand is boeing 777 pa...