Originally Posted by
Huck
I walked over and looked at that plane about 2 hours after it happened.
The floor and aft bulkhead of the bulk cargo area is buckled, it hit so hard. There is skin gone for 20 feet - you can see up into the tail cone section in places. APU doors smashed, antenna ground down, sh!t dripping everywhere. It was sobering.
Heard a rumor that this might be a strike hull. One of the newest to the fleet also? Anybody have pics of the tail section? Weather not a contributing factor; hate to see airplanes die a tail strike death.
"A man's gotta know his limitations."