Originally Posted by the wizard of auz
Hey, I did say COULD have forgotten. could have been a few other reasons for it to belly up too. thirty year old aircraft do that sometimes.
yeah 30 year old aircraft do that only when the maintenance is not kept up. Plenty of very airworthy 30 yr old aircraft still flying and in good nick. Not saying the a brand newy wouldn't either, but there are a lot of operators around that have had no stacks by looking after their aircraft.