After all that discussion yesterday a newly video shows the fuselage at about a 45 degree angle to the ground during the groundloop (with one wing high). So, if you were at the right angle it might have appeared to be a cartwheel, even if not the case technically.
BTW, does anyone know if the missing engine (port or starboard) ever turned up?
“So, if you were at the right angle it might have appeared to be a cartwheel, even if not the case technically.”
I agree. Puts some of the comments made in this thread to shame.
Yes, the engine was on the opposite side of the runway. It was all tore up and hardly recognizable, there is a photo of it somewhere around.
See post 791. My suspicion is that’s the starboard engine and the one close to the right side of the plane is actually the port engine, getting there when the plane did the ground loop.
Well, people were trying to understand what happened. AND, I now know what a “horizontal ground loop” is. :-) My late father would be impressed.
It is amazing to watch such a tremendous ship go out of control like that. A fearful sight, I am amazed more passengers weren’t killed.