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Old 02-October-2008, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by schlaugh View Post
...Makes me wonder at what angle and speed the plane "impacted terrain" as the NTSB often says. Would a true head-on crash spit the engine that far? Or was it more oblique...as if he was trying to pull out and semi-pancaked...
Something that passed through my mind too. I haven't heard what they mean by head-on. From the live press conference when the discovery was made, somebody was explaining how this was a flat area and not really the side of a mountain.

I let it pass thinking I might hear more.

Edit: Here's a bit of understatement from the NTSB for the sake of legalese.
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"it appears to be consistent with a nonsurvivable accident." He also said it was "indicative of a high-impact crash."
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