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Originally Posted by cyrnel
I'll let the jackass snipes season themselves.
Theories? I'm asking. What happens? Do the wings shear off, fold forward as attachment fail, fold back as the jet create and enters the hole, what? How much of the jet has to stack up at that velocity to break through that type of structure? That'd affect deceleration and everything following. If you have credentials in engineering related to crash investigations I'd love to hear how these things occur. I doubt any of us believe the jet would remain in the original configuration throughout the collision, what with the impact speed and associated stresses, but I haven't seen it addressed.
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The bottom 40% of the fuselage is a big, reinforced section that amounts to a long lump of metal. This section is what punched the hole in the wall, while the rest was shredded, forming the rain of aluminum that bystanders reported as being "like confetti" before realizing that it was pieces of the plane. While the wings were wither sheared off or folded back, they retained enough forward momentum to follow the plane into the hole, where the engines were found. Pictures clearly show impact marks from the engines, which remained attached to the wings. The right wing's structure was likely compromised and the engine severely damaged after the engine collided with a generator on the lawn, pushing it toward the building.