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24th Aug 2013, 18:42

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No mayday call and no time for brace suggests only a few seconds. If the aircraft had descended rapidly and hit the water, I doubt anyone would have walked away.

I've heard that the last recorded stable altitude seen on radar was 400ft-ish.

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