[CivilWarBrewing]

This aircraft had a tail strike on the runway during a previous flight years ago.. It was ‘repaired’ but perhaps serious internal cracks caused this break up. No tail, no ability to fly.

[Cementjungle]

This aircraft had a tail strike on the runway during a previous flight years ago.. It was ‘repaired’ but perhaps serious internal cracks caused this break up. No tail, no ability to fly.

How would that result in fragments over a large area?

[butlerweave]

Japan Airlines Flight 123 same thing happened