Another Eggs "fact?" Many posts--including your own--on this thread scoffed at the idea that a birdstrike could bring down an aircraft.
Puhleeze....that's a real stretch. I have NOT scoffed at the idea that a birdstrike can bring down an aircraft.
Maybe others have, but I haven't. What I HAVE scoffed at is that THIS crash could have
been brought down by birdstrike. And that is simply because of the sequence of events in the crash.
If birds hit the engine, the tail section would not have fallen off FIRST.
What part of that DON'T you understand?