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Old 19th Aug 2010, 12:03
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codemonkey
 
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How could this happen? The aircraft didn’t seem to be doing anything that might overstress the airframe immediately before the wing fell off…and then in an interview the pilot diagnoses the issue as "metal fatigue". As someone currently flying around in a 1979 cessna, without parachute, the idea of random metal fatigue is kinda concerning!
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