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Old 18th June 2011 | 08:59
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Zorin 75:

IIRC they managed to end up in an inverted dive at very close to 1.0M after failure of one engine. The landing gear wasn't deployed by the crew but it extended by itself as the locks couldn't withstand the 5g they were pulling. It's a miracle that the rest of the plane could, for the most part.
The flight engineer tried to tell the captain he had lost an engine. The captain couldn't figure it out. The autopilot put in more and more aileron until its limits were reached, at which point it disconnected and induced a wing over.

As you know part of the tail came off during the ensuing high speed dive/high G recovery. The fact it didn't end up in the ocean was a tribute to Boeing, not the clueless pilots.
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