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Old 8th Jul 2018, 08:57
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IMHO finding only small body parts are most likely if the airframe was intact but hit the water with high speed close to the mach range. You find airplanes smashed to small pieces by high speed impacts into the ground. The same will happen if it hits water head on at high speed.
A midair explosion would separate seats from the airframe and they will have a much smaller terminal velocity <200kn with larger pieces remaining on water impact.
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