Originally Posted by
poorjohn
AirScotia:
Linear velocity has a speed and direction component, but they aren't involved in a product that says something about the energy of the system. That would be speed and mass.
Rotational velocity - the rate at which a body is spinning about an axis through its center of gravity - also needs a mass component and its distance from the spin axis to form "angular momentum", which would indicate how badly impacting a fixed object (e.g. the water surface) would damage the rotating body. The accident-investigation experts can pontificate re any signs that occurred here.
I would suspect that a lot of the direction and loading of the impact is already known by the doctors doing the, albeit brief, autopsy checks on the bodies.
I am certain we will be told when it is thought best to tell us.