Flightrider
Have a look at the pics on the thread posted by EGCC on the previous page.
The crack is in the block that is, I am told, attached to the main spar by deep frozen bolts hammered home to an interference fit before the nuts are screwed down. It is then covered by the fuel tanks.
It is the first time Airbus have come across this and the new parts have to be manufactured. It is rumoured that VS have an A340 with a similar problem although I would have expected to have that rumoured either quashed or confirmed here.
HWB
Last edited by Halfwayback; 27th Oct 2006 at 21:05.
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