Max Tow,
It would seem you are at odds with the ASN Bacolod synopsis.
No, not necessarily, I am being agnostic. Reason is that I have part of the report, FAXed by a Philippino correspondent, sitting around somewhere and I seem to remember what it says differently from what I read in ASN.
I also think you are interpreting me a little too far. We appear to judge similarity differently. I also did not say that Taipei-Sungshan and Congonhas were "acceptable coincidence". I said that they could well be coincidence. They might also not be coincidence, but I doubt we will ever find out unless (let's hope not) a couple more similar accidents occur, as with the B737 2nd gen rudder hard-overs. And I don't consider any accident, or any accident rate except zero, "acceptable".
PBL