cr8crshr
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Well RC I am not an armchair pilot as it were but with my 34 years of military aviation with 10500 flying hours under my belt, and also being a licensed FAA Flight Dispatcher with an Airline Transport Pilot endorsement, I do know something about what happens during these critical phases of flight. If a turbine blade or a fan blade were to break off and then shatter the engine, that would lead to a sudden yaw of the aircraft, causing a loss of stable flight control which has been suggested by others. Plus at 1400 ft elevation, that isn't a very good altitude to attempt a recovery maneuver so in it went. And that was right after takeoff which again is one of the 2 critical phases of flight. The other is landing...cr8crshr/BillComments from the armchair pilots are looking at several fan blades ingested during takeoff.
The door cam video showing the plane nose diving into the ground with the landing lights still on.