Originally Posted by
Fantome
From the link in the previous post -
Maintenance error
In its report, the Air Safety Investigation Branch concluded that: "the starboard wing of the aircraft separated from the aircraft in flight ... and the cockpit voice record showed that this occurred .... without any prior warning".
Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas recalled the crash and the following investigation.
"This plane was on descent into Port Hedland and the wing failed and that was unfortunately always going to be a catastrophic end."
That was a "brilliant" quote for sure - I think even the average kindergarten kid could work that out for themselves!
DF.