Originally Posted by
Dani
Lost in Saigon, lost the Plot??? 60meters? Even the first debries lie more than double away from the wreckage than the whole plane length! Take into account that also the debries have an inertia and continue to move forward. You don't see the traces on the ground from that distance, and the traces have to start before the first debrie.
Ah, I forgot, you think that the aircraft had no forward speed...
I estimate the stopping distance to be where the tail first contacted the ground, to where the tail would have been had it still been properly attached to the aircraft.
About 60 meters...
Last edited by Lost in Saigon; 27th Feb 2009 at 01:26.