Originally Posted by
BOAC
Indeed, RT - and how we got to 'rudder application in the air' on this thread heaven only knows!
To try and squish that discussion, I'm pretty sure I read a report that said the vertical stabiliser found from AF447 showed a fracture pattern consistent with it having detached at sea level (i.e on or near impact) as opposed to coming off in mid-air.
The discussion went this way because a well-known poster on here decided to have a bash at AAL over the training programme which emphasised rudder use in upsets, predictably raking over some well-trodden coals in the process - as I'm sure they intended.