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Old 24th Jul 2014, 07:59
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One thing is certain , we have never seen photographic documentation of a major crash scene like this.
Indeed. It is beyond irony that it needs a war zone controlled by amateur forces to allow the public to learn about the details of an aircraft crash. If it has ever been hard to hide or remove ar falsify evidence, then it is probably this crash.
"The tail section was well separated from the main body of the aircraft"
Only by about 700m.
Once the aircraft lost its tail the trajectory of both pieces will be quite similar: straight down. An Aircraft wing and center fuselage flying horizontaly just happens in Hollywood.
the front end of the plane (cockpit + business) was indeed detached at missile impact and falled down on ~ original trajectory
The wreackage of the forward fuselage consists only of the portion below the passenger floor. So similar to Aloha probably the whole roof section was blown away by the blast and the airflow in realtively small pieces, and the lower section then broke away in one piece.
It is always amazing to see that large pieces of debris falling at terminal velicity (round 150 kt) stays much more intact, than an aerodynamically much better whole aircraft impacting at 300kt. On the other hand, the later one means 4 times the energy...
the bigger middle/rear part (eco + wings + tails) veered left.
The left turn shown in the radar data looks like something the software created when the signal was lost. I would seriously doubt a quick left turn, and then a straight trajectory for a long time. The pieces have most probably been falling / flying in a random, chaotic trajectory.

What I am still wondering about is the second burned debris field, with the videos from the impact clearly showing one single fireball and plume of smoke. But maybe that is just matter of the perspective, with both fires in line from the point of view.
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