Zeke
Seems like we need some calibration on "loud bangs" here.
The ultimate sideways load for failure of the tail fin for American Airlines Flight 587 was, I believe, about 37.5 tons. The sound of the fin failing under this load seems to have been described on the CVR as either the "sound of snap" or as a "loud bang". At the same time we have pilots such as yourself describing the sound of carts moving about in the galley as "loud bangs".
Surely these sounds must have been of a different order of magnitude?
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