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Old 20th Dec 2007, 14:20
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Airsupport,

I thought you had announced that you would give up. Apparently not so.

I don't think anyone disagrees that disbondment of structures on composite tails is a concern.

However,

1. It was not a causal factor in the AA587 crash, because the fin failed at 30% above the load to which it was designed not to fail.

2. The suggestion concerning Air Transat is that disbondment is due to interaction with hydraulic fluid, not with trapped water.

Those are the facts with which you appear to disagree, and that is what the discussion is about.

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