Originally Posted by wheels_down
That’s what I don’t get. The speed in which it sunk is off the charts. It’s extreme.
They have just fallen out of the sky. Literally.
Can you pull/push that severe that the tail or elevator rips off?
I know most of you Transport folks do your flying within 30 degrees of wings level, but when an aircraft rolls past 90 degrees, the nose drops really fast and the rate of descent can becomes extreme. This is most likely what happened in this case. Then the question becomes, what would cause such an upset?
Have any aircraft parts been found under the flight path away from the impact zone?