After plane or space craft crashes, what happens to the bodies? Do they implode because of the pressure? In plane crashes, clothes and pieces of the aircraft are found, but no bodies.
After the challenger explosion there weren’t any bodies either.
What happens to them?
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I am under the impression of “no bodies”, because:
A. They never go into detail about bodies (yes it’s morbid, but it’s also an unanswered question….hence why I’m here) on the news/documentaries, only about the vehicle and crash site information.
B. I do not understand force and the fragility of the human body on that scale, —which is funny because I have been in a life altering car accident so I do have *some* understanding of how damaging very high speeds in heavy machinery can be. You’re crushed like bugs, basically. Just needed some eli5 to confirm it with more dangerous transport options.
Nonetheless, I have learned a great deal from you all, thank you💙
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I have 2 family members that were involved in the Swiss Air crash clean up in 1998. They spent more time collecting pieces of people, not whole people. There was at least one skin suit still seat belted in. Parts of people were nibbled on. And they had to pick up every possible bit to be able provide as much information as possible.
The stories are both riveting and horrifying. Also the “funny parts” in the whole experience like trying to land a zodiac on an oil slick beach. Disasters are gruesome
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