And the best thing is that VH-OEC had a D-Check done only a few months ago. Now that they found cracks on OED they checked and have to repair OEC too. On OED it is bad enough but at least the cracks were discovered during a D-Check and the aircraft is on the ground anyway. But OEC needs to be repaired although it does not require a major check. By the way, Boeing reckons that the repair on OED will take 3 months. Not sure if it is really going to take that long, but the D-Check was supposed to be finished in a few weeks.
The damage is by the way in the butt joints where the sections are joined during manufacture. The straps behind got gouged and one finally cracked over 75cm. Since those joints are usually sealed it is not possible to see any damage from outside, only during the D-Check crowninspections from the inside became the massive crack apparent.
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