flaperon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flaperon
Example Sentences
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The team was able to model only the final leg of the drift path based on the smallest barnacles that had colonized the flaperon.
From National Geographic • Aug. 23, 2023
France is conducting its own investigation and has not handed over the Reunion Island flaperon to the wider investigation.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2017
"You cannot get the flaperon to extend any other way than if somebody extended it," he said.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2016
Based on the experience of the flaperon, Dolan warns to “not have too many expectations”: even if it is found to be from MH370, it would not necessarily lead to the plane.
From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2016
French investigators have said the flaperon very likely came from the missing jet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 7, 2015
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