CNN Erin Burnett OutFront April 15, 2014 23:32:00
Of aircraft. >> yes. something less than 45 degrees or around 45 degrees, with the typical velocity that an aircraft would be let's say landing at, there could be a chance that the plane could remain relatively intact, depending on how it hit the water. >> reporter: under this scenario, the 777 could be moving as slowly as 170 miles per hour on impact. at a shallow angle, it could be like what we saw in the crash of a ups jet last summer in birmingham. the pilot and copilot were killed. the plane was still in hundreds of pieces, but with large easily recognizable sections broken away. it's obv...