From an Anonymous commenter:
In the posted photo - look at the edges of plane fragment against the individual in the light blue shirt. It may be an optical illusion, but the metal's edge appears frayed outward and not quite as charred as the metal surrounding it.
The photo gallery at epochtimes (warning, images of charred victims still strapped in their seats visible in at least one photo)illustrates the height of the tabletop landing strip and the depth of the gorge into which the plane either slid or fell into.
The remainder of the photos at the epochtimes link show the fragmentation of the plane fuselage as well. One photo appears to demonstrate some of the landing gear was intact. The first picture on the second page of photos also appears to show some pock marks (shrapnel?) in a crinkled section of a segment of skin the plane. In this photo also notice the charged edges of the skin of the plane which is tangled with un-scorched woody growth from the forest.
How did the forest surrounding this fireball not burn?
TimesNow
'Overshot, overshot', pilot's last words?
23 May 2010, 1620 hrs IST
TIMES NOW has accessed what is said to be the last conversation between the Mangalore ATC and the pilot seconds before the devastating tragedy. This ATC-pilot communication seconds before the crash sheds new light on cause of crash.
The transcript accessed by TIMES NOW shows that the ATC had granted the plane permission to approach, in other words the ATC did not feel that the conditions were not favourable for landing.
But then suddenly after the first command, the ATC asked the pilot to abort take off warning pilot Captain Glisika that he was heading for a crash.
The pilot then responds with a muffled exclamation saying overshot, overshot.
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In the posted photo - look at the edges of plane fragment against the individual in the light blue shirt. It may be an optical illusion, but the metal's edge appears frayed outward and not quite as charred as the metal surrounding it.
Thanks. I added your comment to the post.
I see what you mean, but I'm still not sure about it.
I'm not saying there is anything here necessarily either. . .it's the lack of charring in the surrounding wooded area where the wreckage of this flight lies in charred tatters which seems strange to me.
Yeah, I agree, but I know nothing about the foresics of explosions.
image of tabletop landing strip at Mangalore
Question: Based on the above illustration - Does the direction of incoming flights seem odd to you? landing at a distance near the edge of a cliff instead coming in from the opposite direction to finish landing closer to the terminal?
Yeah, but I think it is a moutainous region, and there aren't a lot of choices.
But, I'm not sure.
Do you have a theory?
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