14 agos 2023 anni - Expert source: Military analyst, fmr RAF flying officer Sean Bell

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Sky's military analyst Sean Bell has said footage of the plane descending to the ground with a wing missing suggests the crash was not the result of a bomb.

He said: "Generally speaking, when there is a bomb inside an aircraft it blows out, and therefore probably wouldn't take a wing off.

"Whereas a surface-to-air missile system, or an air-to-air missile system, generally tries to seek out the juiciest, meatiest part of an aircraft, and that is where the wing spar joins the main aircraft.

"That would explain why it could rip a wing off, and soon as it did that, the fate of the aircraft was sealed."

BIOGRAPHY
Sean Bell enjoyed a first career in the RAF where he flew Harrier fighter jets from land and sea, and served on numerous staff appointments in the Ministry of Defence and overseas.

In addition, Sean was deployed into a wide variety of dynamic multi-national operational theatres, including Bosnia, Sarajevo, the Gulf, and three tours in Afghanistan.

Sean left the RAF in late 2012 as an Air Vice-Marshal.

Since leaving the RAF Sean has a portfolio career which includes running a small property development company and providing defence consultancy services to national and international clients. Since 2022 Sean has been providing military analysis for Sky News, covering the Ukraine war.

Sean is also a fellow of the Institute of Directors, a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, an ambassador for OnBoarding Officers and RAFA, the chairman of the Aviation Focus Group, and is president or chairman of a variety of charitable causes.

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