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root end of the right hand stabilizer leading edge was deformed, indicating an anticlockwise rotation of the aft fuselage structure.

(5) Vertical stablllzer. (Target 36: see App C Volume 2 p 10.)

The stabilizer was complete with both upper and lower rudders intact and a section of empennage structure remained attached to the base. There was no evidence of heat or smoke deposits on the outer surfaces and no significant impact damage was apparent.

(6) Pallet stack tie down net.

Only one net was recovered. The centre portion which covered the the pallet stack top had burned away.

1.12.2.4 Recovered wreckage of which the actual positions in the aeroplane could not be determined.