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To: SeekAndFind

IIRC the vertical stabilizer on Airbuses are glued on . Laminated carbon fiber and resin.
Didn’t one crash when lateral forces break the stabilizer off some years ago? Yes, here’s an article
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On November 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587 ran into air turbulence shortly after taking off from Kennedy International Airport. The vertical stabilizer broke off from a combination of the air turbulence and pilot attempts to compensate for the turbulence.. The Airbus A300 crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens; a borough of New York City. The crash killed all 260 people in the plane and 5 people on the ground. The broken vertical stabilizer was found in the bay a few miles before the airplane hit the ground. When the vertical stabilizer came off the plane turned sideways, its engines broke off, and all control was lost.


23 posted on 12/28/2014 8:23:55 AM PST by Vinnie
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To: Vinnie

You’re kidding right?

That was a terrorist attack.


40 posted on 12/28/2014 12:27:22 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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