[Amerigomag]

While I firmly believe that the passangers were heros, I just as firmly believe that the inflight seperation of one of the powerplants and one of the main landing gear assemblies, several miles prior to impact, would have been almost impossible to percipitate by the actions of the passangers or the illicit flight crew.

[steve-b]

I just as firmly believe that the inflight seperation of one of the powerplants and one of the main landing gear assemblies, several miles prior to impact, would have been almost impossible to percipitate by the actions of the passangers or the illicit flight crew.

A jumbo jet airframe just isn't designed for violent maneuvers. Once it went out of control, it's actually quite plausible that stuff started falling off.