New Clues deepen AA587 Crash Mystery

[ironbutt57]

Rewinding the brain back to 1978, one remembers the grounding of the dc-10's over the o'hare engine separation..apparently caused by engine/pylon installation practices in place at continental and united,excerbated by a shim installed by douglas during manufacturing to correct production line.."discrepancies".(REF NTSB REPORT)..so now where do we go from here...apparently this a-300-600 was breaking up 3 mins after take-off....what was the operational history of this aircraft...any recent encounters with severe CAT? american did have one recently in an a-300....casting aspersions at manufacturers and airlines resolves nothing...let's find out why....