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Old 30th Sep 2018, 19:16
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Thanks Ebbie, though that's what's worrying me a little! I think I know the incident you're talking about, which involved a relatively new aircraft at a well-regarded flying school, with an experienced instructor...

I've read up on what I can in training books/the internet, and while these incidents are clearly rare (especially in comparison to pilot error) they happen often enough to be at the back of my mind while in the air. Metal fatigue and over stressing could be invisible during visual checks. Sometimes it's only during forensic examination after a crash that the cause of a structural failure becomes clear. Am I wrong to find that frightening?

I don't mean to come across as daft or obtuse, it just feels like an exercise in faith at the moment!
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