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Old 3rd Oct 2006, 03:25
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Further to Senior Dispatcher's post above, the Globo article quotes Brazil's defense minister as informing that 100 bodies were found in the "tail section" of the aircraft 1km away from where the wing centre section fell. No precise definition of "tail section" is given; it could be most of the fuselage including the over-wing part which does not seem to be connected to the wings in the photographs thus far released. 100 out of 153 in the main cabin may seem like a lot but it could also turn out to be a clue to what happened to the Gol aircraft immediately after the collision, e.g. the effect of centrifugal force in a spin.

Woomera, I'll go with RiverCity's interpretation of "living on borrowed time". And it doesn't seem at all unreasonable to ensure the Legacy crew stick around until their role in events is established.

A few personal impressions: one, that Gol's crisis management has been excellent, the airforce are doing a good job of informing and ANAC (Brazil's equivalent to CAB) are too new in the job to be more than a hindrance. Two, that cause is rapidly narrowing down to lack of ATC coordination. I do think all the basics of this accident will be known in well under three months.
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