[the uninformed musings of a non aviation professional]
Looking at the pictures of the tail section and the "missing" HS, might this have been a scenario similar to Alaska 261 (accepting it's a completely different aircraft type), where a connection to the HS failed, causing it to suddenly deflect in the airstream, in this case resulting in a rupture of the rear fuselage and also the separation of the HS?
[/the uninformed musings of a non aviation professional]
JAS
Last edited by Just a spotter; 3rd Nov 2015 at 10:23.