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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Control malfunction plus intentionally putting it in the bay seems like a contradiction.
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They did not intentionally put it into the water per se (as in trying to avoid a populated area..) . That's just where they happened to be when either they had a control malfunction (trim runaway, tail broke off, etc) or someone pushed the yoke over and held it there. If they had any kind of engine problem, they would have glided down or maybe even stalled it before they hit the ground but the alt/speed tapes show a different story. They were cruising along at 6,000 ft and told to descend to 3,000 ft. As soon as they started down, it went into a dive and 23 seconds later they hit the ground. I doubt it was a load shift as these planes carry those big aluminum cans and there is really no room for them to move and they made it that far and were in the most gentle part of the flight regime. Hopefully they find the boxes soon..