[Solson]

In this case, it looks like the entire tail section is covered.

[F-117A]

In this case, it looks like the entire tail section is covered.

Paint is applied to cover up the bondo.

[Magician]

Looking at the picture you posted of an Airbus 300, it seems to me that the "V/stablizer" pulled out of the bay is only the upper part of the V/stabilzer, which is much longer. One of the witnesses in a boat right below the plane as it disintegrated said that the initial events were: 1. Orange explosion at a wing root.

2. Separation of the wing.

3. Wing sheers off the "tail" (V/stabilizer).

Could we be seeing only the top part of the V/stabilizer after is had been sheered off by the departing wing?

[Denver Ditdat]

In this case, it looks like the entire tail section is covered.

Good pic! I stand corrected.