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Old 7th Sep 2019, 07:33
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
Underfloor container hold doors on widebodies are rarely plug-type. They certainly aren't on the current 777 and I'd be very surprised if they are on the 777X.

I would suspect an issue with the locking mechanism rather than any significant structural failure.
I would expect max diff will have been tested prior to wing loading. If that is true it is not a locking mechanism failure, but stuff is bending/breaking in the structure when wing loading is applied.
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