[rit]

I am not sure if the tail came off first, or second, or third. It is lighter, so presumably could have come off at roughly the same time. It seems to me that the plane may have been nosediving at the time the engines separated, in order for the engines to fall within 2 blocks of the wreckage. Thus, one would immediately discount the early bird-brain theory causing the engines to separate while ascending.

[Robear]

That would be possible, but doesn't it seem unlikely that trained mechanics would pass an aircraft in inspection that later somehow loses both engines and tail section in flight. Sounds proposterous, really.

[Positive]

I've read that the plane went belly up. The recorder also indicates that the co-pilot went to max power just before the crash.

How well are the engines attached for inverted flying while at max power? I wonder?