Posted in Bloggers section. Blog Post includes F-14 Flat Spin. JDD articles: (1) AF447: “Pour l”honneur des pilotes” “For the pilots honor”; (2) AF447: The report accuses, and (3) AF447: “The crash of Paris-Rio was avoidable”
The vertical tail and rudder were found miles from the rest of the wreckage.
A spin occurs when the airplane does not have yaw (sideways) control.
The same happened to an Airbus 320 that took off from New York.
The vertical tail breaks easily on Airbus airplanes.