the there is no automatic pilot. it is built to be stable. even as a glider. we are still descending. there is no way to avoid that. it is inevitable. we are going to hit the ocean but don t think it is a nose-dive or some wind turn down into the water. it cob a gradual dissent. what happens when we get down to the water if there is no one controlling the aircraft. we want a minimum dissent rate. if no one is controlling the plane, we are going to hit at 22000 plus feet per minute and that s very violent. it wouldn t be just this sort of dive from altitude. instead, it would be more like a tumble. that could explain possibly why there isn t this dramatic debris field. it may not create this massive field of leftovers from a