Lemurian:
Don' put words in my typing : My post was just about too-quick interpretations and conclusions and the remarks I made were another possibility
Ok,I'm with you.
so between the posters who see a sideways breakage, and you proposing a far more complicated scenario, where do we stand ?
Not quite so complicated if the aircraft was in a spin when it hit. For a brief moment the VS attach junction had to carry increased forces and after failure that rudder section could've been damaged like that.
Yes, like you I only see a number of possibilities and not so inclined to propose what DID happen.