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Old 15th April 2011 | 18:52
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Chris Scott
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From: Blighty (Nth. Downs)
Sea-level Impact vs Sea-bed Impact

Thank you swordfish41,

Apologies if my series of questions have the tone of a precocious boy in class... Think you've answered all them, except:
"Could the laterally-lying pieces extending northwards include a wing box?"

Last night (APR14/2120z), with his excellent enlarged image, mm43 posted:
"....If this is the case, then the heading at impact was around 070°T."
In the wee-small hours here in Blighty, I interpreted "impact" as being what I call the "sea-level impact" (end of flight). I now realise he was probably referring to the sea-BED impact...

Does everyone agree that the answer to my question
"Would the debris field alignment (approximately 070/250) necessarily be roughly indicative of the heading at sea-level impact...?"
is something like: "No, Scott, think again (stupid boy)." ?

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