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Old 19th Mar 2016, 06:32
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Tarq57
 
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but struck a wing onto the runway at about 3:43 (00:43Z), broke up, came to a rest near the end and to the right of the runway and burst into flames.
This point i feel doesn't make sence to me - all the wreckage (from life news) appears to be very small, more like a crash from altitude, where as this would suggest damage more like the Fedex crash in Toyko
A paradigm that might fit the scenario is that the initial wing strike took place near the beginning of the runway, this rendering the aircraft uncontrollable (for any number of reasons) but, since the crew were overshooting, they had time to gain a bit of height before the final impact sequence.

Not saying that's the case, of course.
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