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Old 22nd Aug 2018, 06:11
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Originally Posted by Fris B. Fairing
Do we know this as fact? Could it have been the aircraft's first flight since it was painted? To some, a new paint job alone might constitute a major overhaul.
If the investigators were in fact engineers, couldn't they be presumed to know the difference between painting and cunducting lettered checks?

According to the report:

Aircraft was painted and weighed February 2017
"Rebranded" in December 2017
Flown in February 2018
A, B and C checks performed July 2018.
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