In the first part of the video where the plane was first visible, it appeared to be very nose high. My first thought was that it was tail heavy. The remarks about the cargo shifting are extremely plausible.

Once the aircraft rotated, you would think that this would be the time that the cargo would come unboomed. If it were seriously tail heavy at that point, I think most any pilots instinct would be to stay on the ground and deal with whatever is in front of him.

It would also be plausible that the booming held for a few seconds after rotation, but in the severe climbout angle of these big monsters, the booming turned loose a few seconds later when it was too late to do much about it.

A plane balanced too far forward is difficult or impossible to get off the ground. One that is loaded too far aft will get off the ground, no problem, but with it being loaded tail heavy, you can never get the nose down to develop enough airflow across the wings to produce lift.

IF it was indeed a tail heavy aircraft, or more accurately BECAME a tail heavy aircraft, they were doomed.

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