American Airlines 587
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airplane performance study, the vertical stabilizer's right rear main attachment fitting fractured at 0915:58.4,16 and the vertical stabilizer separated from the airplane immediately afterward. At 0915:58.5, the CVR recorded the sound of a loud bang.17 At that time, the airOpen final at PDF page 18In-Flight Separation of Vertical Stabilizer, American Airlines Flight 587