Originally Posted by
mach411
With respect to the position the toddler was found, I think RYFQB solved the mystery in post #1359. When the body was found, it appears that
according to TASS the most recent search
area completed was 33
square kilometres. 33 kilometres is 20.51 miles, so the most likely explanation is the information was misreported as direct distance of 20 miles from the main crash site.
Given the 33 km^2 area, if we assume a circle, the body was actually found no more than 3.24 km away from the main crash site.
I missed that original post so thank you for quoting it and thanks to RYFQB for posting it.
It certain has a strong ring of a possible misunderstanding, hope it is correct as it removes a very "inconvenient" period of "What the heck was happening between then and black fail and apparent start point of break up.