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Old 15th May 2010, 00:59
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Overview of impact/crash site

Dutch TV program Nova contained an interesting clip tonight of the whole crash site, filmed from another plane as it approached 09 (today or yesterday, time footage was shot is unclear).

Fast Forward to 20 min 43 seconds, approximately. Disregard dutch comment, it is not related to clip itself.

Visible is what could resemble a first impact area plus signs of the plane sliding straight forward. The tail section plus smaller debris appears to be located some 200 meters after this first impact area (in front of the mosque described by others). It appears the plane was more or less intact before that point.

A large debris field can be seen after the tail-section with relatively small pieces and stretches for some 240 meters. One large section (wings?) appears approx 200 meters further with relatively little (if any) debris in between those 2 points (though it appears the ground is scratched in between). There's approx 730 meters between what appears to be first impact area and this large piece (wings?).

After carefully watching this clip a few times, I believe it might be possible that the plane was intact and with its wings level when it hit the ground and slid for some 200 meters and eventually broke up (tail first) when it hit the road which runs North-West near the mosque. In clip, this road appears to be slightly higher then surrounding terrain.

Editted to clarify one point

Last edited by Old_Fokker; 15th May 2010 at 01:14.
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