[ArmstedFragg]

Did you notice in the photos that the rudder was slammed over to about 45 degrees? Don’t know whether that happened in the course of picking it up, or if that’s the way they found it.

[2111USMC]

Smacking the water at 200+ MPH could have done it, too. I don’t think it tells us much.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Yes, I did.Look at the base.Why did the verticle come off almost clean?Remember the bird right after 9/11 that they blamed the pilot for the verticle coming off the bird.Something may be up with the composite material to the metal attach fittings.Do you know why they found the verticle?Its plastic and floats.