Bob mentioned that Prigozhin had at least 5 seconds to contemplate his fate and I was thinking about this also. I don't know much about how these things work either, but from the reporting, apparently one of the wings fell off at first and that started the plane spiraling downward. Some analysts said it looked to them like the passenger cabin remained intact until impact.
Putin's plan may have been to make it look metaphorically like Prigozhin fell from a window of the tallest building ever, giving him lots and lots of time to contemplate his fate.
Bob mentioned that Prigozhin had at least 5 seconds to contemplate his fate and I was thinking about this also. I don't know much about how these things work either, but from the reporting, apparently one of the wings fell off at first and that started the plane spiraling downward. Some analysts said it looked to them like the passenger cabin remained intact until impact.
Putin's plan may have been to make it look metaphorically like Prigozhin fell from a window of the tallest building ever, giving him lots and lots of time to contemplate his fate.