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Old 27th March 2010 | 22:51
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glhcarl
 
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hopefully I wont get banned for asking too many questions, but we had electras being flown in australia at the time when they were crashing in the USA from wings breaking off.

were they flown slower here? according to 1 version the sympathetic vibration could be sensed or felt by the pilots and all the australian pilots instinctively slowed until the vibration stopped

I remember the news of the crashes being well managed in the australian media, no mention of broken wings at all
Because the Electra's wing problem was fixed before Ansett got their first Electra!
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