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Old 14th Jul 2009, 23:45
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Sonic Bam
 
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Thumbs up Fatigue

yssy.ymel and Love_Joy
As somebody with a bit of experience of 737 Classic heavy maintenance I completely agree with you - fatigue crack. I've seen cracks around there before but not in that exact location. Size of the hole looks to me pretty much as per the tear straps.
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