Originally Posted by
bbrown1664
With one of the engines acting as a sea anchor, it is quite possible that the aircraft is now facing 180 degrees away from where it was originally especially as it was floating at the time. Someone with the FR24 trace may be able to confirm this.
Play the video above.
1:15: "They did hit the runway, but my understanding is that the landing was very far down the runway, not at the beginning of the runway ... Apparently the plane shot off into the lagoon ...".
There doesn't appear to be a FR24 trace, presumably no data feeder on Chuuk.