Small article in the newspaper this morning mentions that "delamination" was found in the fin, further investigations follow.
AirBus....the plastic aeroplane.
Should stick to aluminum...tried and true.
And if AirBus designes its aircraft..."so the engines will never come off"...wonder if "back to the drawing board" is in order. On second thought, they would never admit to a design error or manufacturing defect.
See new thread <a href="http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=017397" target="_blank">
AA-587 Composite failure found in the tail</a>
[ 16 January 2002: Message edited by: Capt PPRuNe ]</p>