The white painted area below the windshield is burnt to a gun metal gray.
Speculatively, I would guess the missile fused very close and slightly above the port side of the nose, and this is where the break up began.
Why?
The port window cockpit window frame is severely damaged, the skin panel is heavily sooted and perforated, the commander's floor shows evidence of shrapnel damage. The remaining glass laminate has signs of soot.
There is a photograph of the crown skin that is sooted and shows over pressure where the skin has been dished in between the supporting structure frame.
One crew seat is visible at the cockpit crash site, the other was possibly ejected early in the event. Or perhaps it was taken or moved during the recovery.
There's a huge amount of structure missing from the crucial part of the aeroplane - the front - and I hope the investigation turns it all up.
Last edited by JamesT73J; 25th Jul 2014 at 03:56.