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Here's another image of the detached wing and gear showing the gear most likely is in the retracted position. At first I thought it...

It may have swung up

Even from this angle you can see the gear hitting hard before the wing ever touches. I wonder if they arrived in a stall.

Passengers of the plane have been reporting multiple events of bumps and drops from possibly wind as they were coming in just before...

Low level windshear from weather and tall buildings and down you go. If reports are correct on the pilots, one is a sim instructor using...

One frame later you can see fuel coming out of the wing as the gear was pushed through a tank before the wing hits.

I only know the last one because the pilot did well. The first three are murdering pilots. They don't deserve to be known.

I don't think anyone is doubting they work. Airplane wings are just not the appropriate application.

Just trying to imagine the torquing and safety wiring process on breakaway bolts on a wing boggles the mind. Imagine being in a high G...

In my opinion it looks as if it's been heated and painted with spray galv, which may indicate a weld repair. Considering Vail's history...

Multiple heat events is what you'd expect to see on a weld repair of a casting in that area. Losts of getting it red or near red...

Has it been stated how short of a distance it was before they came to a stop yet?

Maybe it was a Navy pilot.

It's more of an engineering triumph seeing as everyone survived. thebard3, once the wing contacted the ground hard it had nowhere to go...

I've said it before but maybe it needs to be repeated. Take a subject that you are intimately familiar with and find a news article on...