A VISIT TO THE CRASH SITE
AND SURROUNDING AREA

| 17th August
2003 Twisted fuselage panels lay all around the area and the scar to the landscape is easily made out from a distance. Not the usual elongated marks of a crash landing but a circular crater. The plane dived straight into the ground, with no rear control surfaces it would have been an almost vertical descent. The ground is full of small fragments, battery casing, perspex from cockpit instruments and even a small torn piece of parachute silk. |
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| Molten metal from the intense fire |
Crew seat |