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Old 7th Jun 2010, 18:40
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tonytech2
 
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Hello, is it me or are people casually taking the fracture of primary flight control actuators attachments due to turbulence a bit lightly? Yes they had spoilers too but apparently from what I have read this crew had some hairy moments at low speed. Are we looking at a possible cause of the loss of the AF A330 over the South Atlantic? It too was in heavy turbulence - did it have all its aileron actuator brackets fracture? Forgings, casting, who cares, its what the designer used but it evidently isn't strong enough. Primary flight control structural components should not fail!!!
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