Originally Posted by
Ivor_Bigunn
I am still puzzled about what caused this incident.
Looking at the photo in Post #1, and according to all news accounts, the passengers were disembarking, obviously through the front door, when the aircraft tipped. So their movement would have been forwards, tending to depress the aircraft nose. No?
Not necessarily. During any disembarkation through a forward door, the front seats will be vacated first while those at the rear are still occupied.
That's not to say that it's the reason for this incident - I would assume that pax were not exiting at the instant that the aircraft tipped, otherwise we'd have had some interesting eye-witness reports.