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This incident strikes me as being quite similar to flight 587

Get over it - don't you remember the vertical stabilizer that was fished out of the lake?

It's pretty apparent it was a 'materials failure' (fatigue, design failure, etc) on that Airbus.

I'm beginning to beleive all you neophytes believe everything in the world is built of Legos, Erector Sets and Tinkertoys!

Welcome to your world as envisioned, designed and built by Mr. Rogers!

Get over it - don't you remember the vertical stabilizer that was fished out of the lake?

It's pretty apparent it was a 'materials failure' (fatigue, design failure, etc) on that Airbus.

Yes, and I also remember that both engines dropped off the wings soon after the vertical stabilizer supposedly broke off first.

I suppose this was all coincidence, right? Or were the reports false?

Sorry, I've never bought the "jet wash" excuse for why the pilot was apparently doing what he is trained never to do, which is slam the rudder pedals left-right-left-right until the stabilizer breaks.

And *I* might be a neophyte, but I did converse with an aeronautical engineer soon after, he said that while it is indeed possible that the composite stabilizer could fail, it was a highly suspect crash, especially coming so soon after 9-11. Not that it will mean anything to you of course. In case you missed it, I will say it again - this is all my own opinion.

Welcome to your world as envisioned, designed and built by Mr. Rogers!

--- a much better world than yours, I can say for sure, as he lived three doors away from me for over a decade!

You stepped in it again, Arlen.