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Old 30th Nov 2007, 13:58
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I've scrolled through most of the thread...lot's of stuff about why it happened, physics, chocks, etc etc.

But I didn't see any comment about why the fuselage seemed to more or less snap like a broken twig, slightly aft of the flight deck.

Can anyone enlighten a non-structural engineer, non-physicist, non-most things person?

I always thought that the fuselage structure is supposed to withstand quite severe unexpected and unusual forces. And this one didn't.
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