They flatly said two days ago the flapper did not come from the plane. I smell a rat. They want to end this investigation now so all the sudden it’s the “real thing”. BS.
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Did a google search (albeit very quickly) and could not find anything as you have suggested above, that it did not come from the plane.
Saw a reference to a science writer who suggested it could not have floated over there, but nothing from the French.