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Old 14th May 2010, 10:32
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henra
 
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In the Dutch video it also seems the bigger Parts which are charred (looks like Center Wingbox to me) are close to the Airport perimeter fence, i.e. towards the end of the trail.
At the moment I'm really struggeling to think of a crash sequence where the Tail is at the beginning of the trail and the Wingbox is close to its end !?
And all this with an extreme degree of fragmentation.

Edit:
after looking again at the debris and ground condition close to the Tail one remotely possible scenario could indeed be a high AoA contact with the Tail just scraping the ground, tearing off the Tail and the plane rising again (TOGA?) and then dropping again from a higher Altitude. Could explain the length of the trail despite high AoA and would also explain why no further fuselage fragments close to the tail are visible.
Moreover the ground around what I think might be the wingbox looks much more scarred.
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