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To: WFTR
I saw an article yesterday that said that this specific plane had been involved in a severe turbulence event in 1994.

Sounds like you confirmed an explosion that threw the aircraft to the side at 6 G's in an instant. If there was a crack in the vertical spar in the tail section due to the previous severe turbulence event, the load due to the bomb force pushing the aircraft 10 to 20 feet sideways could overload the tail section due to the combined loads applied; Flight loads, bomb force, wake turbulence, all mixed up with a previously cracked vertical spar.

Now all we need to hear is wind shear, that could also be a force assumed to debunk the bomb theory.

149 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:17 PM PST by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon
I certainly didn't intend to confirm anything about a bomb. My first point was that this plane had been exposed to some severe forces in the past. These forces could have produced damage that was not found by inspection. My second point was that coincidental fatigue failure of several components is very unusual. Therefore, I don't immediately dismiss the idea of sabotage or other intentional acts to destroy this plane. Maybe the evidence will confirm that the whole thing was just turbulence or wind shear, but I'm not as dismissive of other ideas as I was at first.
151 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:41 PM PST by WFTR
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