[smokingfrog]

plane lands in the water intact, but looks like this when recovered?

https://aviation-safety.net/photos/displayphoto.php?id=20131211-0&vnr=2&kind=C

[advertising guy]

How many eyes ga got ya mantis shrimp

[bgill]

The reason for the blade failures could not be determined due to secondary thermal damage to the blades.

Yeah, bashing it with a wrecking ball a couple dozen times could cause enough secondary damage so as it can never be determined what/who caused the problem.

[LucyT]

From # 59, see statement and photo by smokingfrog:

plane lands in the water intact, but looks like this when recovered?

Click here:

https://aviation-safety.net/photos/displayphoto.php?id=20131211-0&vnr=2&kind=C

Also check out # 52, then new comments from 59 to end of page.

Thanks, smokingfrog.