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Old 15th November 2001 | 21:05
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RatherBeFlying
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CBC Radio reported this morning that the fin came lose from its attachment fitting and that the attachment fitting was found still attached to the tailcone. Haven't seen this in print yet.

So how do you inspect for this?

It took decades and sadly, tragedies, to develop inspection procedures to catch deterioration in aluminum structures. I would like to think that this will be the last time we need to revise inspection procedures for composite structures.
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