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Originally Posted by Adrian Thompson
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Yeah, I'm familiar with that crash.. That was a 4 ton Humvee like vehicle that broke loose on T/O (pitch up) and severed all the connections between the cockpit and the elevator. Atlas planes carry ULDs or pallet freight (basically aluminum big cans filled with boxes) stacked in line from one end to the other and they have a RGD (rigid cargo door) in the front where shifting cargo cannot go through. Plus they were in a very gentle phase of flight in the way of pitch angle. (the cargo would have had to shift violently forward to cause a nose down attitude). Of course all of this is speculation as we await the findings of the black boxes. (which are actually orange!)