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Old 25th August 2006 | 04:46
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Loose rivets
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
We had a 4" hole punched into the top of a Viscount wing, it went round the fuel and out of a hole that was in line with the top hole.

I saw the bolt come out of the top of a CB a mile or so above us, and zig-zag down. The bang was almost unblievable.
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