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So-called flaperon on this boeing triple 7. we're joined by the senior vice president of universal asset management a man that knows a lot about triple 7's, michael kenney. >> the flaperon itself is located right in between these two larger components. it's a combination of a flap and an alaron. >> reporter: do the pilots control that? >> it's mostly computer system inside the aircraft itself. setting it again, to maximize either one of those flight characteristics characteristics. >> reporter: take us through where you would start as an investigator to this crash. >> this is a flaperon from a...
Number which through maintenance records you can tie directly to the aircraft. beyond that you're going to look for anything unusual, especially damage how this component could have been damaged. >> reporter: we were talking yesterday a lot about this data plate. we don't see that here in this debris that washed up on reunion island. >> there's part numbers you could find inside the unit. this is a component made up of several panels. that could lead to some better connections. >> reporter: what does the damage to this flaperon this piece -- what does that tell you as the expert? >> looking at...
>> we brought one down for a closer look. this would be on a 777. this is a data plate. where could this plate have gone? >> this is held on by adhesive. if it sat if a substance of water, it could wear away. >> reporter: you saw something that stood out to you about the damage. what is this on this side of the flaperon? >> the component is held on to the aircraft by two actuators or linkages. on the pictures from reunion, both of the links have been removed. the mounting points have been forcibly removed and the aft section of the component, there is a lot of tearing where that piece would ha...
Wampbed up on reunion isle lond. >> this ax which youly came from a triple seven. and this plate right here is a data plate. it's identification that comes only any component and tells you part number and sere yal flum beryl for that skpoent. you could see the data plate is mizing. >> and we saw some serial numbers on this? what will that help with? >> this is a whole assembly. so, inside this component, is there's a lot of serial numbers.