[Wil H]

the "design flaw" in this case appears to be a) a one off case and b) unprovable or recreatable

there have been no otherr instances of thiis supposed flaw in hundreds of thousand of hours of 747 flights.

As to the video, the plane was not trimmed out in level flight it was in climb out

there is no way that 747 with it's nose pitched up, fully laden, is going to gain an additional 3000 feet after breaking off it's nose. The tail would drop,the plane would stall and falll out of the sky in short order, it certainly would not have the momenyum or power to make the additional altitude.

[mordo]

the plane was not trimmed out in level flight it was in climb out

okay okay.. I should have been more specific, acft trimmed for climbout,, which in fact would have some nose up trim dialed in during climb out. Your scenario says it cant happen not enough momentum or power. But all engines were operating and the acft had what 300knots plus or minus of airspeed and that is nothing?

Well we have a conflict here and it is not with me.

You people need to have at least a basic layperson understanding of these things.., well on the other hand I see now that assertion is proved wrong.

Mordo Out Really