Originally Posted by
CONSO
... it appears most likely it was a down load sufficient to tear top of body away.
Yes, with you on that. From the apparent lack of any lower HS supporting structure visible in the VS section of debris I've been minded from the off that the HS went LE down. While I originally considered that it went around close to 90° and was forced 'out the back' by aerodrag, taking the tail cone & APU with it, the lack of any evident damage to the front edge of the APU section which I expected to see as a result of impact by the HS pivots now makes me tend towards the idea that the rotation was limited somewhere within the 45-80° range, causing the HS section to go 'down and out', tearing out the support & skin below the pivots and pulling away the tail cone at the lower edge, while exerting downforce sufficient to open the cabin at the top forward of the PB.