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Don't forget that 587 also made a tight turn, finished the turn, and was flying straight and climbing when vert the stab came off. That turn would have loaded the vert stab more than wake turbulence. Also, no amount of exterior damage should stop the FDR and CVR. In fact, you could expect these things to continue operating AFTER impact so they could be located by "pingers" inside them. I think it is more likely that the part of the wing, the engines, and the tail all came off AFTER some other event that caused loss of control, and caused the aircraft to break apart due to air load.

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"Don't forget that 587 also made a tight turn, finished the turn, and was flying straight and climbing when vert the stab came off. That turn would have loaded the vert stab more than wake turbulence.

I disagree- not in a well-coordinated turn.

"Also, no amount of exterior damage should stop the FDR and CVR."

If the A300 loses both engines, it lose both generators (I believe). This would account for their sudden shut down in the air. "pingers" run on batteries. Also, I thought the CVR did operate on batteries, but not the FDR (in the event of electrical failure.

PErhaps the bright folks at Airbus Industries were silly enough to put a circuit breaker in the path of the FDR and the CVR.

In fact, you could expect these things to continue operating AFTER impact so they could be located by "pingers" inside them. I think it is more likely that the part of the wing, the engines, and the tail all came off AFTER some other event that caused loss of control,

This to me was the loss of the VS that caused the loss of control, and the lack of a valid data link to the FDR from the rudder prior to loss of power.

and caused the aircraft to break apart due to air load."

Near as I can read, only major pieces to depart the airframe wer the VS, part of a wingtip and both engines. All other pieces were in the impact area.