Actually the problem was with the horizontal tail. I forget the particulars,
but, I believe it had to do with the actuator. Twice, the tail locked up, I
think in the max position. One time, this sent the airplane into a dive,
which overstressed the wings to the point that the tips touched before the
aircraft crashed. I think the other time, the tail was locked into the
opposite position. Once again, the tips touched. Another aircraft loss. One
of the times, the wings bent over the top, the other time, they bent
underneath. On one of the accidents, they found pieces of one tip float in
the other tip float. This is why they speculated that the wings bent until
the tips met. The tail was fixed on subsequent aircraft.
Ron

"BILL" wrote in message
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I may be wrong but didnt this aircraft have a problem with its wings
bending in flight .Can anyone confirm please

regards Bill