[Asmodeus]

The photo posted appears to be the only one of recovered wreckage available todate. Is that a tarp - or part of a sling - on the right side of the nose section?

Taipei Times
[excerpt]one of the engines from the jet was retrieved yesterday morning by the search team. According to the Cabinet's Aviation Council, it was engine number one, one of the engines on the right side of the airliner. The engine was found near the wreckage of the front portion of the plane. The ASC said the search team would clean it before bringing it back to Penghu for inspection.

[The Bolt]

Am I missing something or does this report dovetail extremely well with the Flight 800 scenario? I would say the media is monolithic in such case.

[_Jim]

.. looks like rippling of the skin ... I think it (the skin in that area) is catching the light funny ...

Looking further toward the front and further back it appears to me that the area that 'looks like a tarp' begins to blend in with the remainder of the forward section of the nose/fuselage section.

About that recovered #1 engine (outboard starboard side) - I wonder if it shows some signs of 'fodding' (similar to TWA 800's starboard side engines) ...