<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by AA SLF:
How many other crashes do you know about where the vertical stabilizer came off? Only one I can think of is the JAL 747 and there the aft bulkhead blew out taking the stabilizer with it. But, the pilot flew that plane for more than thirty (30) mins.
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Could there be a difference in trying to control a Boeing Vs. an Airbus in this condition? Doesn't the Airbus give the pilot less control? (I just remember that footage from the Paris Airshow where they demo'ed an Airbus and it just plowed into the ground after a touch and go landing.)