320 driver:
What evidence is there that the rotational element in a flat spin is greater than the forward. None at all.
what? Definition of a flat spin is that there is no forward movement at all, while, at the same time, there is a great rotational movement. How do you define flat spin?
Of course, my statements are purely speculative, as are yours, as are all the others. I merely say that there isn't a widebody that ever has spun. Period.
ttcse urged my to deliver examples of other aircraft accidents, but I think it is your turn to show me one single accident where there was a spin. If you have ever tried to stall an airliner (real or in a sim), you see the slugishness, the inertia, that doesn't allow them to spin. It's more like a lazy spiral downwards.
If the aircraft is crippled to a certain extent, that may be different. Bea states that this was most probably not the case. Not crippled in this context is defined by still all important part where attached: fuselage, wing, stabilizers.
Dani