It could also mean they impacted trees, engines surged as they failed, dropping internal/external parts along the remainder of the flight path.
Anything is possible, but there is a photo floating around that shows the left-main gear strut intact, approximately perpendicular to the fuselage with the wheel bogies inboard. IOW, the gear *may* have been in the retract position.
This could indicate a go-around was being attempted but not possible with compromised engines. It could also mean it simply came to rest that way as those struts are well built.
Purely an observation based on the photo.
Last edited by FIRESYSOK; 14th Aug 2013 at 17:07.