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The .308 Winchester Tap Urban bullets used are designed to break apart on impact and cause maximum damage.

He added that the container he was in broke apart when the snow hit and it ended up near a river.

The fiery descent meant the spacecraft broke apart in its final moments before plunging into the southern Pacific Ocean.

CNN analyst and former FAA inspector David Soucie said the plane had broken apart as it had meant to, with the detachment the wings stopping the fuselage ripping apart.

This latest sea-ice low appears to have been driven by a combination of warm air, warm seas and winds breaking apart the ice.