Flaperons are control surfaces on the wing of an aircraft that help to stabilize the plane during low-speed flying during take-off and landing. Flaperons combine the functions of flaps and ailerons.

SYDNEY-- A fresh analysis of the final moments of doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 suggests no one was controlling the plane when it plunged into the ocean, according to a report released by ...

Damage analysis of two flight-control surfaces from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 indicate that the Boeing 777-200ER’s flaps were retracted at the point when the aircraft broke up. The ...

The plane part that was discovered on Reunion Island off the coast of Madagascar was determined to be part of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Malaysian officials announced Wednesday. So what exactly ...

A broken part from what appears to be a Boeing 777 was discovered on Wednesday on Reunion Island, a French island in the Indian Ocean just east of Madagascar. Though it has yet to be confirmed, the ...

GOODRICH CORP. will supply a high-temperature, composite flaperon control surface to be tested on Boeing's X-37 reusable launch vehicle under a contract from NASA's Langley Research Center. The ...