It might pay to remember the November 12, 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300-600 in Queens. The NTSB final report indicates that the rudder and entire vertical stabilizer broke off due to "unnecessary and excessive" rudder inputs by the First Officer. Subsequent x-ray examination of a carbon fiber portion of the vertical stabilizer showed voids in the construction in the area where the stabilizer attached to the fuselage, which weakened the structure at its attachment points.
As long as we're speculating, lets throw that information into the mix.
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It might pay to remember the November 12, 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300-600 in Queens. The NTSB final report indicates that the rudder and entire vertical stabilizer broke off due to "unnecessary and excessive" rudder inputs by the First Officer. Subsequent x-ray examination of a carbon fiber portion of the vertical stabilizer showed voids in the construction in the area where the stabilizer attached to the fuselage, which weakened the structure at its attachment points.
As long as we're speculating, lets throw that information into the mix.