video of what is supposed to be the crash on Instagram
Some (personal) notes...
One of the video examples was the Bagram crash...
Many websites use photos from other accidents and aircraft types... happens all the time...
you need a big set of photos in order to be able to judge a single photo...
On the crash site itself two big diggers and a shovel have been used to 'alter the landscape'...
They have been digging deep, looks like more than 10 meters now...
From the available photos you dont seem to see big parts at a distance...
this would suggest that the plane crashed relatively intact...
which counters witness testimonies...
Witness testimony quality varies a lot. Even pilots standing next to an accident happening have been know to be completely wrong.
And it is not unusual to have dozens of witnesses 'seeing it wrong', which is unintentional and the reasons why are known...
The most unexpected witness may turn out to be the best... a Papua aboriginal is a wellknown example...
Crashes can eject material 'back' and light materials can go far...
FDRs and CVRs can often be read quickly... enough for a first impression...
but like everything above... you have to validate and check and crosscheck and ...
there are reasons why accident investigations takes as long as they do,
even without government shutdowns...
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requiring time does not absolve investigation leads from updating the public on progress,
aerospace investigation is brilliant in separating fact finding from analysis, and analysis from conclusions,
the more facts are published the sooner the better,
you dont learn only from accidents from your own types designed or flown, you also learn from the others,
that approach has made aerospace as incredibly safe as it is,