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Old 17th Oct 2008, 09:16
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Of course, lots of fuzz over the judge's decission to turn the maintenance technicians and Spanair's chief of maintenance into accused parties instead of witnesses.

BTW, the chief of maintenance for Spanair wasn't even aware of "anything" going on with the airplane involved in the accident until after the accident had happened. Technically, the airplane was never "out of service", as the maintenance action happened with the passengers on board, etc, and he is only required to be informed and "sign off" maintenance actions being taken while the aircrafts are "out of service". Technicians and field supervisors have the authority to do the minor repairs of airplanes that are not technically "out of service" without consulting anyone.

All the survivors of the accident have left the hospitals already except the two still in serious condition.
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