Originally Posted by
Dave Therhino
Grebe - regarding your second point: Some of the initially inspected airplanes had both the pickle fork fitting outer chord AND the fail safe strap cracked in a given location. This is mentioned in the AD discussion section. It's shown in the first page of pictures in the Boeing document as well.
True but my point in #4 I believe still applies
Fourth - Even assuming the crack went to both holes and to both edges, the ' wings' will not fall off since the larger bolts ABOVE the smaller ones take the load. Under that event, then a major rework of some type might well be needed.
And I do not recall - perhaps missed it that if " a crack " was found - planes would be grounded ( ferry flight only )