Anyone know what the effect of hitting the water would have had on the props? Would hitting the water have the same effect as and on land where prop blades tend to bend back significantly when hitting the ground under high power settings?
Images on the West Australian website today showing the recovery of the aircraft show no apparent damage to the props on one engine and only a slight bend to one prop blade on the other engine.
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/plane...-ng-b88367962z
Is this an indication that the engines weren't producing power at the time of the accident?