[RaceBannon]

One of the experts at the witness meeting was a Boeing engineer named Brett Hoffstadt. He spoke eloquently about the Airbus engines and flight dynamics. He said that there was no way that the pilots "flew the tail off the plane," as had been suggested.

I have been saying this since the accident. I may have tested helicopters, and helicopters are not Fixed wing aircraft, but composite failure (The tail Spar and attach points) was the type of failure we checked every day. There is no way they flew off that tail just from turbulence, it had to be a forcefull motion that was perpendicular to the tail, which I believe the explosion and resultant aircraft disintegration provided.

[eno_]

When I started educating myself about this crash, one thing stood out: Midair breakup AFTER loss of control is a common sequence of events in aircraft accidents. This is the one sequence of events that goes not require improbable or novel explanations. It is also the one description of events that fits what the witnesses saw.

One or two explosions on board, loss of control, midair breakup, and crash. This is the likeliest true account of what happened.

I am to the point of being enraged that a lying biatch like Marion Blakey will be elevated to the positon of FAA head. That is a slap in the face in addition to the lies.