bearfoil, quote:
"No human endeavour can trump Physics, let alone the parochial attitude of those involved. Why again is the DFDR inside the fuselage and not the Vertical Stabiliser ?? Given the "Good Luck" Airbus demonstrates re: the independent ability of the VS to survive horrendous crashes??"
Another triumph of ambiguity. Starting from the second sentence I've quoted, which phrases are pure irony, and which (if any) are straight? Are we still to infer that the fin separated in flight?
As for the first sentence, and the rest of the piece, I'll reserve comment.