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Originally Posted by rattlsnak View Post
or one of them wanted to die.
That was my first thought.

No radio call.
No (apparent) attempt to salvage.
vertical impact.

It's a possibility, and wouldn't be the first time.
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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy View Post
Poorly secured cargo containers breaking loose in flight and causing a dramatic CG shift has happened before on cargo aircraft.
That was my second thought, along with the possibility of explosive cargo of some sort, which has also happened before. The rules are certainly more strict in that regard these days, but I imagine plenty of the items banned from air cargo still slip through the cracks and make it onto planes.
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