Originally Posted by Bernd
From what information given in the snippet you posted did you get the position of the aircraft as seen in your picture? Pointing the aircraft at a structure is not the same as putting it directly in front of it. It only means that if it moves directly forward (although for an unspecified distance) it will hit that structure.
It all comes from
this and
this !
Position in
precedent post is the one at the initial nose impact
… and below is the position 55 meters before impact :
Considering the pad setting, initial engine test position, from where all started, was pretty close, I would say MAX an additional 20 meters back in direct line or not.
Official information published on November 20th by
Airbus and
BEA (and lately forwarded by unidentified senior insider from Toulouse) does NOT quite tell the same story than those pictures which surfaced … 10 days later !?
As I said earlier everything is known already, why so many obvious discrepancies ?
What else is purposely retained that could prevent to exclusively blame the guys seated in front ?