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Old 19th Mar 2004, 14:01
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An accident which seems to have disappeared into the bowels of history is the fatal crash of the BEA Vanguard near Ghent

It was well reported at the time IIRC. Corrosion of rear pressure bulkhead due chemicals etc from toilet area led to explosive decompression at altitude. Pressure released into the tailcone and blew the skins off the tail section. I think it went in just about vertically.

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