As Amelin (the author of photos or broken tree branches and
blog with explanations)
explained, during WWII the airport was bombed for 2 years by Soviet army and for 2 years by
Nazis. Plenty of unexploded ordinance are unearthed to this day. The place of the crash and a kilometer around it are expected to contain traces of TNT and other old explosives. That's in addition to poor selectivity of express spectrometers used only for quick selection which fragments to test with more precise methods.
Originally Posted by
Stuffy
I wonder.........?
It's what the newspaper printed that article for: for people to wonder. No matter the disclaimer in next issue, people don't see or disregard it and wonder.