No Trace of Tu-154M’s Impact Point at Smolensk

The impact point is the location where the aircraft’s fuselage first made contact with the ground.
It is an easily identifiable trace, as it is typically the most prominent one.

– In Smolensk, no impact point was identified.
– Not by the MAK.
– Not by the Lasek Commission.
– Not by Macierewicz’s Subcommission.

At the Smolensk crash site, the largest ground marks identified — for example in the Lasek report — were grooves in the soil at the beginning of the debris field, described as traces left by the vertical stabilizer.

If there is no impact point at the Smolensk crash site,
it would imply that the Tu-154M did not hit the ground in one piece—
whatever that may mean.

According to guidelines from international aviation organizations, identifying the impact point is a mandatory duty of those investigating the crash.

(This is important, among other things, for interpreting the location of aircraft debris in relation to the point of first impact, which can be crucial for determining the sequence of events during the crash.)

another example of such regulations from Mongolia

Why was this never was done?

The impact point was not identified — nor was the absence of an impact point at the crash site ever acknowledged.

The impact with the ground created a large hole in the park.