You Eurolanders will believe anything, it would appear..
Sadly, that seems to be true.
Slam it down hard enough and it will break. Boeing or not.
[IMG]The problems that mechanics were finding were premature corrosion (on airplanes only 8 years old) and when found it they replaced the part.[/IMG]
We have a large fleet of NG's, some of them have been in for D-check, i don't think that any of them would have been put back in service if they were to break up mid air.