Pedant!
The rolling limit was half the straight and level limit of +2.25 Gz, i.e. it was +1.125Gz. The aircraft was subjected to a load of between +2 and +3 Gz when it disintegrated, i.e. 1.78 to 2.67 times the limit.
'Nearly 3 times the permitted limit' was merely easier to type!
[ 22 December 2001: Message edited by: BEagle ]</p>