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Old 6th Mar 2019, 16:52
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Originally Posted by FCeng84
. . . It is very possible that such a failure would result in sufficient nose down pitching moment to drive the wing to a significantly negative AOA to cause negative g.
Though the entire empennage is lost, the nose-down effect is the same - note the extreme downward bend of the wings just prior to impact. This came up briefly during the MCAS discussion: A26 video.
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