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Old 14th May 2010, 16:33
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GarageYears
 
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Anyone know of a clear overhead showing entire debris field?

So far I have pieced together an understanding of the crash site from a number of disjoint photos and several news reports with video footage.

Here's what I think I know:

- Debris field length = 800m +/-?
- Starts just prior to Mosque and finishes at airfield perimeter fence
- Tail assemblage is first large identifiable piece and is facing opposite direction to direction of crash
- Wings appear to have stopped at far end of debris field just short of perimeter fence (Dutch TV News report)
- Larger pieces of debris are toward airport fence end of site
- TV reporter claimed that a number of trees to the West of the mosque were first indications of contact

It would be very useful to know what the first sign of ground contact is; does it infer tailstrike, wingtip, nose, or landing gear?

- GY
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