After the attack Attack at Mers-el-Kébir and the Battle Military_operation of Dakar , French aircraft raided Attack Gibraltar in retaliation Revenge and Marshal Philippe Pétain , who had become Becoming the prime minister of France on 16 June , severed Process_end diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom .

The crash occurred Coming_to_be when an incorrectly secured cargo door at the rear of the plane burst open Openness and broke Destroying off , causing Causation an explosive decompression that severed Destroying critical cables necessary to control Control the aircraft .

In addition to the failure of that engine , fragments of the disc severed Destroying two of the three hydraulic control Control systems , and damaged Damaging fuel lines for the centre engine ( engine # 2 ) .

Government and public health organizations warned Warning of the possible spread Dispersal of disease as desperate people began Process_start to scavenge debris piles — some containing severed human limbs — looking Scrutiny for items they could pawn to purchase Commerce_buy needed food and other commodities .

The control Control cables to the number two engine in the tail were severed Destroying , causing Causation that engine to shut down Being_in_operation .

In response Response , Spain severed Process_end diplomatic relations with the United States on April 21 .

During the hasty repairs to the rails , it was discovered Know that one of the railway tracks had been recently and deliberately severed Destroying , which caused Causation the derailment .

As the engine separated Forming_relationships from the aircraft , it severed Destroying hydraulic fluid lines that lock the wing 's leading-edge slats in place and damaged Damaging a section of the left Departing wing 's leading edge .

Russia recognised Agree_or_refuse_to_act the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgia on 26 August and the Georgian government severed Process_end diplomatic relations with Russia .

In many cases , residents fended Defending for themselves as fires Hindering broke communications Communication , cut off Having_or_lacking_access escape Escaping routes and severed Destroying electricity and water supplies Supply .