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Old 31st Oct 2019, 00:28
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QANTAS - pickle fork cracks at 27,000 cycles

Originally Posted by rattman
2 have been grounded with more inspections still to come
"Boeing had previous thought the cracks were only occurring on aircraft with over 35,000 landings, the issue has now been identified on two Qantas aircraft with as few as 27,000 landings and Qantas are yet to inspect the majority of its 737 fleet." (emphasis added)
Steve Purvinas, Federal Secretary of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association

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