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 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 you're nose heavy in a power dive.

Literally nothing they could do no matter how much altitude they had.