Originally Posted by Icarus
Is it me, or can anyone else not see any evidence of any burning/fire in the video clip posted? Might that point towards contributing factors?
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fuselage section appears to be covered with soot. During a complete disintegration like this, most of the remaining fuel on board would be vaporized and go up in a fireball at the point of initial impact, leaving very little residual fire, especially in a desert with no undergrowth. Items in the immediate vicinity of the fireball would be covered with soot, but much of the wreckage would heve been thrown clear by the force of impact and momentum.
A fuel starvation scenario would result in a power loss and belly landing, keeping the aircraft more/less intact, not what we see here.