Originally Posted by
abdunbar
Information is slow in coming. Eye witness statements of articles and debris falling from the aircraft before final impact should have been confirmed, if true, by recovery of such material. Important question for news media covering the accident; did the aircraft strike anything between takeoff and final resting place? Where was the first item belonging to the aircraft found? If there is any validity to the ads-b data, there was a lot of vertical oscillation close to the ground. It would be possible, admittedly unlikely, that the aircraft struck something prior to the final crash. It's is also possible for the witnesses to be wrong. In any case, there is already more information available to those that know what question to ask. For example, the photo circulating of one of the engines. Looks to have been turning at high speed when it hit the ground. Experts have already no doubt, a rough idea of the speed it was turning when it stopped.
Pressure is building over this accident. Information is not flowing and individuals and groups that are lobbying and withholding are going to suffer consequences.
Agree. And this is about as high profile as it gets. Witness accounts need to be impeccably interpreted. Surprised to see witness accounts publicity released so fast.
Last edited by davionics; 13th Mar 2019 at 12:43.