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Old 24th Nov 2019, 06:50
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Presumably, the aircraft that have been grounded with cracked pickleforks are having their pickleforks replaced.

Once a number of cracked pickleforks have been removed, metallurgical examination of the damage and cracking should identify the failure mode(s) and thus ultimately allow a long term fix.

Is anyone privy to any of the investigations or examinations of the actual damaged pickleforks to date and if the failure mode(s) have yet been identified?
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