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To: Steven W.
New York City police officers look at a jet engine from American Airlines flight 587 that landed at a gas station several blocks away from the plane's crash site November 12, 2001 in the Rockaway section of Queens, New York. Authorities scrambled to determine what caused the crash, with the government ruling nothing out but taking steps consistent with a safety probe rather than a criminal one. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)
- Nov 12 5:15 PM ET
Emergency personnel stand next to a part of the aircraft fuselage in the front yard of a house at B130th Street and Newport Ave, at the scene of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in the Queens borough of New York, November 12, 2001. There were no survivors among the 255 people aboard; six others were reported missing on the ground, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said. (Pool via Reuters)
- Nov 12 5:14 PM ET
A large section of the tailpiece of an American Airlines jet is lifted by a crane after a plane crashed in the Queens Borough section of New York Monday, Nov. 12, 2001. A plane approaches JFK Airports to land in the backbround top. The tail piece was recovered from Jamaica Bay and towed to shore. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)
- Nov 12 4:51 PM ET
A large section of the tailpiece of American Airlines Flight 587 is lifted off a boat by a crane after the Airbus A300 crashed in the Rockaway Beach section of the Queens borough of New York Monday, Nov. 12, 2001. The tailpiece was recovered from Jamaica Bay and towed to shore. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)
- Nov 12 4:19 PM ET

167 posted on 11/12/2001 1:31:04 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Those last two pictures are very interesting. That's the vertical stabilizer, minus the rudder, and it looks like it's almost completely intact, with very little damage. So now the question is, what would cause the vertical stabilizer to separate cleanly from the fuselage?

First thing I thought when I heard the news this morning was, "uncontained engine failure"--it sounded like the engine must've swallowed a blade, blown itself up, and separated from the wing, making the plane stall and crash. Now I'm not so sure, not by a long shot.

}:-)4

190 posted on 11/12/2001 1:50:37 PM PST by Moose4
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