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Old 4th Dec 2012, 14:00
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Originally Posted by AZR
Of course the spacer had a raison-d'être. Now, lawyers being lawyers, if the absence of said spacer had no influence on the events, then you can say (being a lawyer, remember) that it was useless.
Sorry, but his words leave no space to interpretation :
"The spacer appears to have no utility"
I would like to see him arguing with the engineering team who decided to put that spacer in the first place ...

I take note of the technical report quote.
In the meantime, let me quote the following :
Originally Posted by Final Report P182
The judicial authorities did not allow the AAIB investigators to be systematically involved in the examination of evidence.
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