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Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

Printed page 42. PDF page 50.

of the tailplanes. It was therefore concluded that the mode of failure was probably flutter. The finding, in the northern trail, of a slide raft wrapped around a flap track fairing suggests that at a later stage of the disintegration
Open official document at PDF page 50AAIB Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Boeing 747-121 N739PA, Lockerbie

Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

Printed page 44. PDF page 52.

tail fin began to disintegrate. The mode of failure of the fin is not clear, however, flutter of its structure is suspected. Once established in the vertical dive, the fin torque box continued to disintegrate, possibly permitting the remainder of
Open official document at PDF page 52AAIB Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Boeing 747-121 N739PA, Lockerbie

Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

Printed page 43. PDF page 45.

y y the dangers associated with high speed (e.g. the onset of flutter, or the tuck- under effect(2)) are presented even though modern aircraft generally no longer A high (2) speed dive suffer from these characteristics, which could indeed be
Open official document at PDF page 45Final Report: Accident on 1st June 2009 to the Airbus A330-203 registered F-GZCP operated by Air France flight AF 447