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>> good morning. so let's talk about that specific piece of a plane that was found that everybody is hoping belongs to flight 370. i hope we have a graphic. it's a flaperon. i want you to go over what exactly that is. it's on its way or is in france right now. investigators will look at it and then tell me what exactly they will look at when the piece -- when that piece of plane arrives. >> well the flaperon is part of the wing structure that helps the plane stay aloft and maneuver at lower speeds. it helps control -- it has a dual purpose, and it is a very light material. it could easily have...

It says our thoughts are with everyone affected by today's incident at sfo, we stand ready to assist the nt bb. again, that is boeing. jennifer, stand by. richard quest, stand by. go ahead, jim tillmon. >> what happens once the tail separates from the airplane, you have no control, lateral control, that is the twisting of the airplane around its axis. you do have a little bit of control perhaps still within the wing structure to keep the wings relatively level and that was one of the reasons, the fact that it was level, that you may have a lot of people survive this because had the airplane go...

Is being kept here at the site. authorities here in new york are saying they have no doubt that it belonged to one of the two hijacked planes that hit the world trade center just a few blocks from where we're standing. we did get some new images of that piece of wreckage and what the nypd is saying is that it has been determined that it is a part of the wing structure and not a piece of the landing gear as initially thought. but, it is unclear which plane it belonged to. now, this is -- if this looks familiar at all, it generated some controversy. the building -- wreckage was found behind the ...

Detect cracks. how often are those done? >> they are what is call the a inspection, b check, c check and d check. the b check is the one they break up the plane completely apart and as if they are building a new aircraft they replace the skin and everything. prior to those checks, which are done between every four to five years there are also what is call the c check and the airliners are mandated by the faa to do so every three months approximately or so. i'm sorry, every 12 to a teen months. during those checks they inspect the wing structure and the cracks on the aircraft, if there are any....

Detect cracks. how often are those done? >> they are what is call the a inspection, b check, c check and d check. the b check is the one they break up the plane completely apart and as if they are building a new aircraft they replace the skin and everything. prior to those checks, which are done between every four to five years there are also what is call the c check and the airliners are mandated by the faa to do so every three months approximately or so. i'm sorry, every 12 to a teen months. during those checks they inspect the wing structure and the cracks on the aircraft, if there are any....