However the picture of the left engine is misleading since everything forward of the Turbine section seems to be missing. This means that the compressor and combustion sections ie, a very large part of the engine, have not so far been shown to us.
Has anyone seen where these parts have gone ?
Exactly. And this made me wonder if there was an uncontained engine failure that started things off. Could bits of hot flying turbine parts could have ignited the center fuel tank and also created the outward hull punctures as they emerged from the other side? I would think that a catastrophic failure would also sound like a big bang on the CVR.