That section, which forms the distinctive hump of the 747, will stand close to 30 feet high. Nearby is a mockup of the central fuel tank, which is located between the wings underneath the plane. This part of the plane is of particular interest to investigators because the tank apparently exploded - although no determination has been made as to whether a fuel tank explosion alone would be enough to rip apart the fuselage. On the floor, the wing sections that have been recovered are laid out on a grid. Investigators are arranging the cockpit debris, including the pilot's chair, the way it would be in the plane.
Technicians struggle to untangle and identify a mass of wires.
Floor panels from the cabin are laid out nearby. In a building next to Plant 6, the focus is on the interior of the cabin and the damage it sustained. The seats are laid out on the floor exactly as they would be in the plane. Nearby, investigators input data from passenger autopsies into a computer, sometimes looking at the damage to particular seats when they notice a pattern. Another database contains information on the damage to each seat, and yet another shows where the various parts of the plane landed.