My guess is that they had a loose or broken fuel line,
caught fire and the fuel vapor exploded and the fire melted
the spar enough for it to fail.. The airplane seems to have
been very sturdy, since the fuselage is intact after the
impact.

Thanks.


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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:aASpf.660077$xm3.524670@attbi_s21...
| Thanks, Jim.
|
| Here's the write-up that contains the actual video URL:
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| http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/20/miami.crash/
|
| (You have to suffer through a Dodge truck commercial to
see it, though...)
|
| The wing clearly departed the airframe before the crash.
I wonder if these
| old birds are simply fatigued?
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