Originally Posted by
lomapaseo
How it hit, assuming a long time to fall, is a lot less important than what precipitated the fall.
To be fair,
in what state it hit, could be very important in determining what precipitated, or at least in eliminating some possibilities.
Specifically,
if the fall was precipitated by VS detatching due to aerodynamic loads at cruise,
then the VS clearly wouldn't be attached at impact. So determining whether or not it
was attached at impact becomes rather important... and therein lies the debate.