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From: "Hamid A. Wasti" <hwasti@starband.net>
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Marvin Kaye wrote:
> Posted for Kevin Kossi <kevin@airforcemechanical.com>:
>   A parachute may have come in useful in this case!
>  
How so?  So the rescuers could use it to cover the body till the ME arrives?

According to the NTSB report the aircraft crashed 4 miles from the 
runway.  On a 3 degree ILS glideslope, that comes out to 1200 AGL.  If 
an event happened at 1200 AGL in IMC (ceiling was 700), how long would 
it take for the pilot to realize that something bad is happening, decide 
that the best course of action is to bail out and actually make it out 
of the aircraft, all while the aircraft is plummeting to the ground?

Also according to the NTSB report the aircraft was "highly fragmented"  
That indicates that the aircraft was moving pretty fast when it 
impacted.  Not speculating about why it was moving fast, the fact it was 
moving fast on the way down indicates that the aircraft was not under 
control.  I would once again point out that if you are in an aircraft 
that is out of control, you are likely to be experiencing high 
aerodynamic loads and high G forces and unlikely to be able to exit the 
aircraft through a regular door or canopy.

Regards,

Hamid