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Old 20th May 2010, 09:16
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takata
 
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Hello,
All suppositions given above (inverted, no high AOA) are not taking into account the very first impact and following trail left on the sand. Some pictures taken from the ground won't give the real feeling of depth in the debris field (wrong horizontal distances are due to optical illusions). The best footage so far is the from Dutch video:

first pict with initial impact, trail and barely no debris:


second pict, still no debris until the mosque road, the first house fairly close to the trail is left intact, ruling out low level wings:

third pict, second impact clearly visible after the mosque road:

fourth pict, debris between the second and third impact are mostly cabin content due to tail separation; a third impact due to tail separation is clearly visible:

fith pict: third impact following the tail separation clearly visible, after that the debris of the main cabin appears:

sixth pict with fire traces visibles:

7th, and finally the wings:

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