Specific aviation-accident questions cannot be answered responsibly from general familiarity alone. The first question is whether the relevant accident report has been read and contains enough evidence for an answer. Other reliable information may fill the gap, but only if it supports the proposed explanation. Source sufficiency should set the boundary of any answer, especially when reconstructing a technical accident.
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Source restraint for aviation-accident questions
Aviation-accident questions prompt a source check: has the relevant report been read, and is there enough evidence to answer?