Posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:51 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
Edited on 04/29/2004 1:59:37 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Information from the last 28 seconds of the flight data recorder aboard Flight 587 according to NTSB reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Then your obviously a "government shill", probably hired by Janet Reno to TAKE AWAY ALL OUR GUNS.
I do hope you realize the "Illuminati theory" was satire and, like all conspiracy theories, it must be horribly complicated.
MM
Just a rudimentary knowledge from some basic aeronautics classes, being an Air Force Brat, and some liquid flow knowledge from Sonar School,
Let me refresh your memory.
The plane experienced a catastrophic failure of the rear pressure bulkhead, which damaged hydraulic and other control lines to the elevators/rudder. I do not believe the plane lost it's vertical stabilizer; they only lost the ability to control the plane.
You are correct that they kept it in the air for a substantial period of time, this was acheived by changing power settings to compensate for aerodynamic forces acting on the plane.
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