15~20,000 ft/min: I suppose I ought to do the stubby pencil math and see how that fits in with BEA's estimated g-loads at impact.
Wouldn't you need to know exactly how deep was the penetration of the sea surface? Have we any information on 'compliance' at water surfaces in these cases.
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Whilst we can postulate a few descent profiles, that seem to fit, there surely are too many unknown still to bother with more than say 2 or 3 basic likelihoods. Must say though, that a deliberate turn or serious wing-drop (with recovery in the same sense, being the easiest thing to do) does seem part of the picture