The plane came to rest on a steep hill, is what they were trying to get
across.

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote in message
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Or, landed in trees (which the article I read suggested). The angle after
everything stops wouldn't have much to do with the angle at which he
touched
down in the tree tops.

I suspect that if he had stalled and hit solid ground at a 60 degree
angle,
there would be 8 dead, not 3.

A sad event in any case.

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