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Old 9th Jul 2009, 12:31
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stress along the longitudinal axis ?

"Fragments of the walls of the flight crew rest module were crumpled and those of the ceiling were deformed downwards. The floor was curved under the effect of a strong upward pressure from below. The connecting brackets between the floor and the walls were bent backwards" (page 38 of the BEA report, my emph.)
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I am trying to understand this backward bending of the brackets (and to understand whether the floor moved backward relatively to the walls, or the contrary ?). Are there available schematics showing these connecting brackets anywhere ?
Jeff
PS) maybe this aspect can help to discriminate between the gliding hypothesis - with a relatively high incidence ? - and a turbulent fall with a nose up ?

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