Creative Speculation

I don't recall being able to distinguish two separate craters but if you can point it out ....

Second - being shot down doesn't require that the plane dribble plane parts up to where ever it hit the ground. I recall reading several sources about the items found 'upwind' of the crash site at a lake some 8 miles away by road, 3 miles as the crow flies. Many of the items were mail which is typically a forward load cargo item which could jive with a shot to the fuselage (nothn' like some good A-10 20mm DU cannon ammo to do the trick or maybe it was a missile that homes in on electronic broadcasts like those used to attack ground radar).

I don't think the shoot down was planned. I think the perps ran out of time and the decision was made. Don't see what anyone would have to 'cover up' at the site-the investigation started from the premise that the plane was wrested to the ground and a bit of shot-up fuselage and airframe might not even be identifiable or if it was, might somehow end up as part of the >10% of unrecoved plane. Who knows?