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Old 20th Dec 2014, 13:45
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blackbird69
 
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Left Side at door L1

During the recovery of the wreckage this picture was made. The link is here:
Cockpit van MH17-Boeing geborgen | NOS

This picture shows the left forward section up to bulkhead electronics bay/ landing gear and up to floor level. The location of door L1 can be seen, doorframe and door had been ripped off.

Significant is that there are no holes in the plating below floor level. The buckling of the plates above floor level suggests some pressure wave, but this could also have been caused by the impact or post impact recovery works.
Together with the picture of the other side of the cockpit, which shows two intact windows on the FO side, and also no or few holes, it suggests that the impact of the high velocity objects are very local, conenctrated in a band running straight over the captain seat roughly in direction of door R1, fanning out.

Like a cone from a missile exploding to the left front of the aircraft.

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