Hello Copterline,
Is there an evidence that the control rod linking the pilot's and copilot's cyclics have actually been broken by the crew's only physical strength rather than by the force of impact ?
Couldn't this be detected on the FDR, as a discrepancy between the actions on the cyclic and the rotor (swachplate) response ? (actually, I can't check here, where the cyclic positions are recorded, maybe at the transducers ? )