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Old 27th Jan 2020, 16:09
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andrasz
 
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A very strange wreckage distribution pattern emerges from the latest photos. The video shows the lower part of the nose crushed, but other than that the fuselage appears to have remained mostly intact prior to the ground fire. The only other relatively minor ground impact marks are on the starboard engine, all suggesting a low energy ground contact, possibly in a controlled manner. Yet both wings seem to be completely missing, cleanly shorn off at the attachment joints, without which a controlled ground contact is a bit more difficult to achieve...
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