HN39,
I agree that one of the MLGs looks down (not sure which). Perhaps the uplock could have been disengaged by the sea-level impact, and loss of hydraulics might allow it to dangle?
takata,
d'Achord. It's still surprisingly close to the LKP.
It will be interesting to have revealed the relative positions of the items pictured, not to mention the full inventory of aircraft parts present in this debris field. This section of the aeroplane seems to have been tracking about either 070 or 250 as it hit the plaine abyssale. Whether that tells us anything about in-flight heading is another matter.