RoyJackson
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I'm sure most of you have read of this incident:
Kansas Family Of 6 Killed In Plane Crash In Polk County, Florida Swamp (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
A family from Kansas whose aircraft crashed in Polk County, FL.
Looking at the pictures of the crash site...this looks like it should have been a survivable crash. The fuselage was fairly intact...even the aircraft's windshields were intact.
The articles I've read indicate the aircraft broke up in flight (parts and one body being found miles from the crash site)...just doesn't look like that from the pictures.
If you view the video on the link, the tail wing and part of the right wing are missing...but loosing either should have resulted in more damage I would think.
I'm going to guess here...and I might be way off base (since they haven't identified which parts were found 3 miles from the accident)...but I'm guessing the boy whose body was found far from the accident site may have opened the passenger cabin door which then broke off and sucked him out. The door may have damaged the tail as it flew aft.
But still...the fuselage looks pretty good, considering.
Any of you pilots want to add?
Kansas Family Of 6 Killed In Plane Crash In Polk County, Florida Swamp (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
A family from Kansas whose aircraft crashed in Polk County, FL.
Looking at the pictures of the crash site...this looks like it should have been a survivable crash. The fuselage was fairly intact...even the aircraft's windshields were intact.
The articles I've read indicate the aircraft broke up in flight (parts and one body being found miles from the crash site)...just doesn't look like that from the pictures.
If you view the video on the link, the tail wing and part of the right wing are missing...but loosing either should have resulted in more damage I would think.
I'm going to guess here...and I might be way off base (since they haven't identified which parts were found 3 miles from the accident)...but I'm guessing the boy whose body was found far from the accident site may have opened the passenger cabin door which then broke off and sucked him out. The door may have damaged the tail as it flew aft.
But still...the fuselage looks pretty good, considering.
Any of you pilots want to add?
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