Interesting scenario but I doubt it. If the MD-11 is anything like the DC-10 it will not fly itself off the ground, you have to physically rotate it to a nose high attitude to start producing lift. I don't think losing the #2 engine prior to rotation would cause the #1 and #3 engines to cause the nose to lift up. Even if the #2 engine failed at rotation and the "downward" thrust the #2 produces was lost, if they were so light they were probably rotating to a pitch attitude of 16-19 degrees NH and it would have had to been a very abrupt rotation to the target pitch setting or higher to produce a violent tailstrike.Originally Posted by hiss srq
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