HN39 wrote:-
mm43; following your scenario, and thinking about the shape of the 'patch', could it be that the bulk of the fuel was lost at impact, to be spread by the northerly wind in one direction, while the rest released on the way down surfaced on another trail?
That's the way I envisage it.
jcjeant;
The aircraft was fitted to statutory requirements. The Fixed Automatic ELT could have been effective if someone had flicked the switch to ON once LOC had occurred. But that is not what happened, and following the crash, water intervened.
mm43