Originally Posted by
megan
Certainly had structural problem with the 707. Dan Air 707 had the right stabiliser and elevator come off during an approach. All six killed. Report finding,The last sentence is rather telling. Inspections found 38 aircraft with similar cracking.
Folks,
Including two ex-QF aircraft I was flying at the time in UK ---- fortunately, in both cases the characteristic cracking had gone in the opposite to the DANAIR B707-320C (ex-PanAm) and relieved in fresh air. The whole accident report shows a tale of woefully inadequate inspection standards, the crack in the tailplane skin
would have been visible to the naked eye at the C.of A inspection to put the aircraft on the UK register.
We were particularly interested, as DANAIR was doing our B707 maintenance??
It also left Boeing with some questions about certification methods in advancing from the -300 to 320 series.
There was no shortage of airframe ADs on the B707 ---- generally (but not only) associated with aircraft that had already exceeded their original design life.
You can't really (unless you are a one-eyed pom) equate this with the record of British built aircraft after WWII, with, perhaps, the "partial" exception of the BAC III, but it had its shortcomings, too.
Tootle pip??