Bill Freeman wrote:

I'll bet on a rudder actuator disconnect, then rudder flutter.
Rudder and fin, gone.  Front seats are now also for
passengers.  Fire and engine "restart" noises as the
airframe spins in yaw causing compressor stalls with
attendant fireballs, and then enough side loads to
rip one engine off the wing.

Bill Freeman

Paul wrote:

Mark we have had reports that it is indeed carbon fiber or graphite.
The FDR is severely damaged and they had to send it back to the maker
to see if they can get any data at all out of what is left.

Paul Lamar

I read the engines were subject to a new inspection for airworthyness, and that the right engine was very near its 5000 hour limit.  There was also one nacelle with a big hole in the side on the news.

Hans

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