THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING my fellow aviation people will be this:
When the NTSB takes the intact wing and fuselage and checks that wing for metal fatigue in the spar as in the seperated right wing.
You can all imagine...if the other wing shows stress problems/metal fatigue etc that's one thing. if it doesn't then what happened to the right wing?
I would also want to compare a grumman mallard that spent its life in a nice fresh water lake rather than the harsh salt water.
Even with spot on fresh water rinsing...yikes!
too bad we only chat like this after a crash!
jon