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The greater the altitude of the aircraft at the time of the explosion, or the greater the duration of breakup and disintegration in the air, even at lower altitudes, the more scattered and diffuse the flotsam and debris turned out. It is virtually impossible for there to be a midair explosion and subsequent crash at sea without these features obtaining.  

The greater the altitude of the aircraft at the time of the explosion, or the greater the duration of breakup and disintegration in the air, even at lower altitudes, the more scattered and diffuse the flotsam and debris turned out. It is virtually impossible for there to be a midair explosion and subsequent crash at sea without these features obtaining.  

This is quite different than ship collisions or aircraft crashes on land. The sinking of the “unsinkable” Titanic was decidedly un-egalitarian. 1,513 lives were lost when the Titanic went down; only 700 survived. All the children in First Class, except one, were saved, while 49 children in Steerage perished. The overall survival rates were as follows: 63% of first class passengers, 47% of second class passengers, and 25% of third class passengers. This was primarily due to the location of these passenger groups in the hull of the ship at the time it struck the iceberg, but “class structure” prejudices played their parts as well.  Many commentators believe that a crash on land of an aircraft is likewise "discriminatory", though to a lesser degree. Often enough, the tail section is shorn away with great structural damage, and consequently greater loss of life to the passengers seated to the rear of the fuselage than to those seated in the mid- or fore section of the aircraft. Other commentators deny this structural “bias” (the "structual bias" does hold for water landings of passenger planes and passengers have been saved by moving to the front which is less liable to break off than the tail section - see Pan Am Flt. 6 of [[Water Ditching]])

This is quite different than ship collisions or aircraft crashes on land. The sinking of the “unsinkable” Titanic was decidedly un-egalitarian. 1,513 lives were lost when the Titanic went down; only 700 survived. All the children in First Class, except one, were saved, while 49 children in Steerage perished. The overall survival rates were as follows: 63% of first class passengers, 47% of second class passengers, and 25% of third class passengers. This was primarily due to the location of these passenger groups in the hull of the ship at the time it struck the iceberg, but “class structure” prejudices played their parts as well.  Many commentators believe that a crash on land of an aircraft is likewise "discriminatory", though to a lesser degree. Often enough, the tail section is shorn away with great structural damage, and consequently greater loss of life to the passengers seated to the rear of the fuselage than to those seated in the mid- or fore section of the aircraft. Other commentators deny this structural “bias” (the "structual bias" does hold for water landings of passenger planes and passengers have been saved by moving to the front which is less liable to break off than the tail section - (see Pan Am Flt. 6 of [[Water Ditching]])

===Comparison of Aerial/Sea Disaster Debri===

===Comparison of Aerial/Sea Disaster Debri===