Uncontained engine failure, either a fan blade or a disc. Tears the cowling off, cowling hits the t-tail cuz the climbout means they're at a high AOA, and suddenly they're nose heavy in a power dive.
Literally nothing they could do no matter how much altitude they had.
That's basically what I'm suspecting.
Uncontained engine failure, either a fan blade or a disc. Tears the cowling off, cowling hits the t-tail cuz the climbout means they're at a high AOA, and suddenly they're nose heavy in a power dive.
Literally nothing they could do no matter how much altitude they had.
That's my expectation as well. The only good news is that they were so low it would have been quick. Fuckin' sad.