Originally Posted by
ZeBedie
Is it not the case that the fin and the tail plane were smashed up because they were hit by the hold door, by baggage and large pieces of fuselage after the bomb exploded and as part of the disintegration?
As was pointed out before the leading edges of the HS and VS do not show any damage - so they were not 'hit' by anything. Yet both left and right HS broke away from the empenage. Only aerodynamic loads well outside the design limits could do that.