| Witness Interviews - 349 accounts
The Witness Group has received 349 accounts from
eyewitnesses, either through direct interviews or through written statements. An initial
summary of those statements follows:
· 52% specifically reported seeing a fire while the plane was in
the air, with the fuselage being the most often cited location (22%). Other areas
cited as a fire location were the left engine, the right engine or an unspecified engine,
and the left wing, the right wing or an unspecified wing.
· 8% specifically reported seeing an explosion.
· 20% specifically reported seeing no fire at all.
· 22% reported observing smoke; 20% reported no smoke.
· 18% reported observing the airplane in a right turn; another 18% reported observing the
airplane in a left turn.
· 13% observed the airplane "wobbling," dipping" or in "side to
side" motion.
· 74% observed the airplane descend.
· 57% reported seeing "something" separate from the airplane; 13% reported
observing the right wing, left wing or an undefined wing separate; 9% specifically
reported observing no parts separate. |
