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Old 15th Apr 2011, 02:46
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@auv-ee: thank you for your documented answer #3504.

About bodies injuries vs a/c attitude: it seems (imho) that there is kind of circular arguments (tautology) about them:
Originally Posted by BEA 2nd report p.32
The compression fractures of the spinal column associated with the fractures of the pelvis(2), observed on passengers seated throughout the cabin, are compatible with the effect, on a seated person, of high acceleration whose component in the axis of the spinal column is oriented upwards through the pelvis.
So, it is fully compatible with the a/c attitude supposed by BEA.
BUT. Bodies recovered are probably those from passengers who were not attached. And they could have been in every position and place in the cabin at impact, depending of what happened before.

In fact, I can't imagine this aircraft falling from 35000' to 0 keeping a "normal" attitude all along (and not attached passengers remaining in their seats*). Adding a storm, is this "flat" fall truly possible ?


*If that was which happened, thanks for it: passengers kept sleeping all the way. It had to be more rude for the crew.
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