Why do keep posting nonsense about the “rudder”. The entire vertical stabilizer of the plane was snapped off by control inputs. The plane was in a climbing bank at about 250kts when this occurred. The forces on the aircraft were not benign at this point, and excessive side-slip led to aerodynamic stall almost immediately.
Your argument that planes can be flown without rudders, and that some planes have flown without significant stabilizers in place, all reference a specific situation with it’s own flight dynamics. If you had read the NTSB report you could perhaps understand this, but apparently you’d rather just post uninformed general comments than have a position based on on knowledge.
Your attitude is an insult to those who died. How is your uninformed conspiracy theory any less insulting than that of the 9/11 conspiracy nuts? By falsely attributing this incident to terrorism in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, you actually reinforce the outrageous claims of others.
” By falsely attributing this incident to terrorism in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, you actually reinforce the outrageous claims of others.”
Show me where in any of my posts that I attributed this crash to terrorism! Show me and the rest of FR! You are so full of yourself that you jump to conclusions at the drop of a hat. SHOW ME!
Your original posts siad nothing about the vertical stabilizer: You only mentioned the rudder. You never mentioned the vertical stabilizer until others did. I was merely responding to your comment about the rudder, and nothing more. You say you’re an electrical engineer. Perhaps you should stick with that and stay away from aerodynamics.
I thought you were the poster DB. Thus, forget my comment about being an electrical engineer and your previous post being only about the rudder. Other than that, I stand by the rest of my post. Again, I insist you show me where I said that crash was the result of terrorism.