Major components still missing - update nr 3
Major components which i have NOT found yet on pictures ... but hope someone else has:
a. top and aft section of the vertical tail structure,
b. rudder - so we are close to having the four corners but are not there yet,
c. horizontal stabilizer - we now probably have one side, but the center box and the other side are still missing,
d. 4 of 8 passenger doors (it is easy to identify 3 in their proper position, *** 1 or maybe 3 without position, so at least 2 still missing),
e. both engines identified (including fans and spinners) - but left/right unknown, and apparent difference in burn marks and fractures,
f. APU itself not explicitely identified - muffler visible, and end cover of tailcone/exhaust found,
g. the majority of passenger seats *** by now 1 clear image from a Russian video of a triple-seat which separated from the plane at altitude, and 3+3 possible,
h. nose landing gear itself – but expect to find that inside the NLG box,
i. probably a number of large (top) fuselage panels - again some look very clean and untouched by fire, while others appear to have burned up,
j. all righthand side cargodoors - you would expect to find some as the fuselage appears to be inverted,
k. winglet of the right wing,
We do not know the status immediately after the accident. So we do not now how much of the wreckage has been moved early on. So at this stage we do not know from the pictures how much of the fuselage we actually see. It may well be that the fuselage has been 'raked apart' early on to extract the victims (which of course had priority). If the fuselage has not been raked, and is complete over its length, then the fuselage appears to be broken, and the broken sections positioned in a zig zag. But with some of the top panels lost before reaching the ground. At this stage, based on the pictures, it could well be that an aft section part is still missing.
What is rather unexpected is the difference in burn marks. On some parts the burning has been severe, while their direct neighbours appear to be untouched. A striking example appears to be the Main Equipment Center. The lower left shows burned wire bundles (isolation burned off but metal wires still 'springy'), but directly next to that they appears to be clean and untouched. The wirebundles at the back of the MEC look good too. Almost looks like a kind of flash instead of longer duration burning. Which gives hope for possible data extraction from a number of avionics boxes in the racks of the MEC.