fuselage may have hit the ocean on its underbelly
Autopsies Suggest Airbus Passengers Were Seated, Estado Says - Bloomberg.com
Autopsies Suggest Airbus Passengers Were Seated, Estado Says
By Laura Price
June 17 (Bloomberg) -- The injuries to many of the bodies recovered after the June 1 crash of an Air France plane suggest they were seated at the time of impact, indicating at least one section of fuselage may have hit the ocean on its underbelly, O Estado de S. Paulo said, citing unidentified investigators.
Autopsies showed a majority of the 43 bodies examined so far had leg and hip fractures typical of a trauma suffered while sitting, the Brazilian newspaper said. The lack of many skull injuries in the passengers on the Rio de Janeiro-to-Paris flight also suggests the Airbus A330-200 didn’t nosedive, Estado said.
An official from the Legal Medical Institute in the Brazilian city of Recife declined to comment today in a telephone interview, saying official information hasn’t yet been published.
Air France Flight 447 carried 228 passengers and crew members. Fifty bodies have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean.