But by now, I fear that any identifiable pieces floating in the water would be dispersed too wide to be useful. Probably in 6 months seats and stuff will start to wash up on some shore. But by now, I fear that any identifiable pieces floating in the water would be dispersed too wide to be useful. Probably in 6 months seats and stuff will start to wash up on some shore.I saw a nova episode on that crash recently. IIRC, they said that because it fell straight down landing on its belly that’s why some pieces are larger than they would be diving nose first at a greater speed.
No it wouldn't: "The aircraft remained stalled during its entire 3 minute 30 second descent from 38,000 feet[30] before it hit the ocean surface at a speed of 151 knots (280 km/h)
There's a major difference between a stall and descent speed of 151 knots and a full thrust speed of 500 - 600 MPH.............a BIG difference.
The retired pilot's opinion makes a hell of a lot more sense that all the other crap that has been tossed at us by the MSM..............
But then again, it could very well have been alien abduction...........
AF447 stalled into the water. It didn’t hit nose first.