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American Airlines Flight 587
Belle Harbor, New York
November 12, 2001

 

Recovered Engines

No. 1 engine image.
No. 1 engine, recovered from gas station, and showing partial disassembly with pylon and low pressure turbine removed
No. 2 Engine image.
No. 2 engine, recovered from a residential yard shown as recovered with no disassembly

 

Vertical Stabilizer and components of aircraft recovered from the water
 
tail fin attachment point.
Vertical stabilizer (tail fin) attachment point
rudder piece image.
Piece of rudder 
forward attachment points image.
One of the forward attachment points 
vertical stabilizer image.
Vertical stabilizer 
right side attachment points image.
Right side forward and center attachment points 
left forward attachment point image.
Left forward attachment point 

Images from the main wreckage site
 
investigator at crash site image.
NTSB investigator at crash site 
left side center and aft attachment points image
Center and aft attachment points (left side)
center and aft attachment points image.
1 center and 2 aft attachment points 
forward attachment points of fin image.
Forward attachment points of fin (attached to empennage)
investigators at wreckage.
Investigators working on wreckage of empennage, at crash site, November 14
left-center stabilizer attachment point.
Close-up of left center vertical stabilizer attachment point, at crash site
right-center & right-rear attachment points.
Close-up of right center and right rear attachment points, at crash site

 

American Airlines Flight 587
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