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Old 12th Nov 2007, 06:58
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This bit is great:

But that's not what happened, according to the source who examined the damaged wing on Thursday.

"I'm not a structural engineer, but I examined the damaged wing up close and it was very clear that one of the pylon's struts - about the thickness of your arm - had sheared clean through, as if cleft with an axe," said the source.

"It appears as if once the strut had sheared, it tore the right-hand side bolt clean out of the wing, then the whole engine detached itself.

"The strut that sheared was the one closest to the fuselage.

"I don't know if there was a latent crack there or something (else) that had not been picked up during inspection."
Right.
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