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To: maceng2 who wrote (10675)	11/17/2001 11:25:08 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Hi Pearly Button; Re the A300 tail separation and misleading the public. It is kind of odd. This is the first time a modern airliner has broken up in the air, other than bombings or excessive speeds. On the one hand the government is trying to convince us that this was an accident. On the other hand, they're not bothering to ground the remaining aircraft. A recent article in New Scientist says that they rudder was being used by the pilots: ... During its swing from right to left, the rudder experienced forces in the range of 0.8 G before breaking off - Blakey says 0.4 G is a "very significant lateral acceleration". ... newscientist.com I wonder why you'd need so much rudder action as a result of turbulence. Most rudder activity on a jetliner would be rather sedate, I'd think. Maybe .8 G is enough to break one off. (Not the acceleration itself, of course, which is less than the acceleration due to gravity, but aerodynamical forces or the sudden stop when the rudder reaches its stop.) Perhaps one of the experienced pilots will comment. My speculation is still that it was a bomb on board. -- Carl

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