Our DC-9s can not be compared to any widebody, and not even the 757 which I flew for a bit, years ago.
According to a website somewhere, the MD-11 has about 30% less horizontal stabilizer and was designed with an aft c.g.
Were these serious factors, if not in this Narita tragedy, then in the accident at EWR years ago?
Oh well...will remove myself quietly back to "SKSboards" or "Perfectunion", maybe to find cheap British .303 surplus
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