CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper March 24, 2015 20:25:00
Aircraft, basically a solid cell or capsule. so when it does hit the ground, it literally explodes and comes back upon itself. anything that's in the front comes back upon itself. and that creates collisions with deagree coming back away from the dirt, away from the ground and the debris still continuing to come forward. so that's why it's so dramatic and why there's so many small pieces. i hate to be so graphic because i know there's families watching that probably don't want to hear this, but in my experience in the past families are appreciative of being able to hear or at least understand ...
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