If there was an explosive engine failiure (Fan piercing the engine casing), is there any chance it could of ruptured hydraulics for the control surfaces? I earlier brought up the United incident with the explosive engine failiure. Is there any chance something like this could have happened in this case? do the control systems run along the top or the bottom of the aircraft?
simple answer .... yes
Liklihood slim
I could go into this much deeper, but it would only fuel wasted speculation and discussion. Let's wait for a tidbit of additional facts from the investigators on-scene. We probably will hear something within 24 hours
PS I still feel that my word mininmize was properly used earlier, to wit, one mitigates the damage in order to minimize a specific consequence from occuring 