[dfwgator]

Wouldn’t there be a crater or a blacked-out area from the explosion?

[CedarDave]

If into a rock face, evidence of impact and fire (scorching) but no crater.

Not being a pilot, I have to ask if that descent speed could have been maintained through gravity alone if there was an engine flameout at altitude?

[2CAVTrooper]

A tin can flying at 400 +/- knots hitting solid rock isn’t going to make much of a crater.