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Old 28th May 2010, 20:11
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henra
 
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Bearfoil,
the scenario you described here seems not to be supported by any of the debris.
The aftstructures show compression damage. As the Tail produces downforce, it would obviously fail downwards. This would rather cause strain failure of the tail structure.
Moreover the LDCRM has been flattened. Structure above that was bent upwards. So a Belly first impact seems the only logical assumption.

In the scenario you described the HS/tail would fail first in a downward bending.
This would be followed by an extreme pitch down with enourmóus negative g's, tearing off the wings and with some likelyhood the nose.

All those parts would uncontrollably tumble back to mother earth.
Probability that all parts would impact upright is almost below 0.
Authopsy reports had stated that all bodies showed severe spinal compression injuries.
So taking all this together, I would say this scenario is among the highly improbable ones. (I never say impossible, in real life there is no such thing as 'impossible').
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