Level flight and climb are mutually excluded. But wings
level and climb is very possible. The weight of the node
section being gone would cause the rapid climb and there was
no roll input since the wings were attached.

Could it have been shot down by a missile? Or attacked by a
UFO? Or maybe it was hijacked? Sure those are very slight
possibilities, but the FBI and FAA seem to have put a pretty
good case for the fuel tank explosion theory.



"Chris Wells"
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| Hey, let's talk about TWA 800 instead...
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| How could a 747 with most of its nose removed (and the
accompanying
| rearward CG shift) maintain level flight and climb for
5000'? Where is
| the autopilot located in a 747?
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| Chris Wells