To take Mark's point a bit further, we do not even know at this point
that flutter was indeed involved in this mishap. All that is publically known
is that a worst case presumption of flutter was stated as a rationale to
ground the (UK) fleet.
I'd personally like to know if the physical evidence is strongly suggestive,
or simply possible of a link to flutter. Were there close by witnesses, were
the tailplanes 500 feet behind the rest of the airframe? Is a metallurgical
analysis of the torque tube being done?
The mention of flutter has brought a whole lot of comment, including
many suggestions to repair components which are not yet know to be
responsible.
It would certainly be nice if Andy, or someone from E04 could elucidate
the situation instead of having all of us wait in the dark for 12 months.
Ira
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