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Originally posted by CharlieG
Still looks mechanical, but WHY it came apart in air is a GOOD question, in particular if BOTH engines came off - The other question is the vertical stabilizer (as you said)
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Apparently the pylons which hold the engines on have been problems in the past. Combine catastrophic engine failure (which is going to cause a lot of a torque!) with pylons that are perhaps already suffering metal fatigue, and you have an engine which comes off.