Originally Posted by
wilyflier
This is about distance travelled after event .Variously reported as 15km/25miles.
Tracking data unreliable but included 80 knots G.Spd
at that speed vertically perhaps several minutes to reach ground.
horizontal speed decaying from 400knots .
Lockerbie 747 covered 40 plus miles
We really want to see the distance last smooth tracking ground position from final ground position, and search that far back
So one object (sorry for the insensitive term) defies the laws of momentum and falls vertically, yet the remaining thousands of pieces of various sizes and density describe a predictable parabola ?