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Old 23rd Aug 2011, 00:54
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Aterpster,
Thanks, I did see that photo shortly after I put up my last post. It's the most instructive I've seen of the crash site.
Looking at the wreckage, I am amazed that anyone survived. Most probably they did so because they were seated in the very tail. That's where they put the pax on largely-freight flights to YRB (that's what the majority of the flights are anyway). The degree of fragmentation of the aircraft is remarkable. Maybe that's what Rollingthunder means when he says that the wreckage doesn't look right.
One thing's for sure, you don't want to find yourself at low altitude east of the YRB runway unless you're in a helicopter in CAVU conditions.
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