Just to add weight to your post, I think a China Airlines B747 had the similar problem turn ugly between Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Tail strike in 1980, not repaired properly and 22 years later it let go!
225 people died......Anyone remember?
Anybody at the big Q remember? And thinking to themselves, gee much less chance of that here, we maintain to a higher standard than that?
An intelligent person learns not just from their own mistakes but those of others as well.
SQ