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Old 5th Jan 2007, 21:53
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DozyWannabe
 
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Obtuse doesn't even begin to describe it.

For the last time:

- No-one placed the sole cause, let alone blame, on the pilot.
- The most documented cases of composite fatigue happened on the Concorde, and as a result of that, new techniques of scanning for failures were developed. This is not an unproven technology.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...te-planes.html

- The loads placed on the vertical stabiliser exceeded design limits (proven beyond reasonable doubt) and even a metal rudder would likely have failed in that situation.
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