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The residue would be minimal- and in the airstream might be well dispersed- in addition the 'blast' and smoke would be minimal
AND pretty much limited to the sections/skins/and pieces like HS "wing" box we have not seen, but which must have been present when finding the CVR and FDR.
While there may be some residue on the pieces we have seen- it would not be obvious just from the photos available
Minimum shrapnel also
Cannot agree with above, for answers see Pan Am 103, in particular:
"DERA's Feraday and Dr. Thomas Hayes examined two strips of metal from AVE 4041, and found traces of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and cyclotrimethylene trinitramine, components of Semtex-H, a high-performance plastic explosive manufactured in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)"
Pan Am was also at 31000 feet and at similar speed when it was brought down.
Unless, since then technology in armaments and explosives have advanced to a capability of manufacturing bombs that on detonation leave no residual trace whatsoever, it would be a certain bet it will be found.