Originally Posted by
zzuf
From the published pics it looks like the engine mounts yielded with downward bending with some force from the port side.
The fuselage is not very distorted - even the starboard windshield and front door frames are basically intact.
The fuselage bottom skin is rippled but also looks intact.
Depending on seat failures and safety harness performance, the impact may well have been survivable for at least some on board.
Aeromarine what do you reckon?
I would have thought that a very high value of longitudinal deceleration would have been against it. More damage to the fuselage would have been desirable.
And of course the vintage of the seats and restraints (9G longitudinal). I could speculate on scenarios where there were chances of survival, but not today