Once he declared the aircraft safe, I completed a final reconnoitre of the site to 50m out from the wreckage. |
The wreckage is also likely to be examined to see if there was any mechanical failure with a particular focus on brakes and wheels. |
In 1918 when the ship Makambo ran aground, hundreds of rats rode onto the beach with the wreckage. |
Although the site is not a war grave, the wreckage was returned to the tarn after identification. |
A 3,000-foot section of track was ripped off the gravel bed where 11 of the coaches jumped the track, leaving wreckage for a quarter of a mile. |
They're still combing through the wreckage now, trying to figure out what exactly happened. |