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Old 28th Dec 2015, 01:19
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There was certainly no attempt at a forced landing, as I said previously, despite valiant attempts, the crew were just along for the ride.
We can't tell what they were attempting, we can only tell what they came close to. Perhaps they thought a landing was doable, perhaps not. It's reasonable to say they were trying for it, but that's as far as we can go.

In this Electra case the agency quickly found the root cause (their remit), the remaining detail, such as the rear section being upright or inverted, might be of interest to some, but is not germain.
Yes, I made that point in the document. Once they had the cause of the accident, the impact sequence became trivial. From the obvious errors, it's clear that the breakup sequence didn't rate high on their scale of importance. The impact is not relevant if you're interested in preventing future accidents. It's meaningful only if you're interested in the truth as opposed to slapdash reporting.
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