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Old 21st Dec 2010, 10:31
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CliveL
 
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quote:The only real area of concern was the crown area (the roof ). There was a design flaw here in that the structure had not been designed fail-safe (allegedly by designed a Korean designer at Aérospatiale who, it was said, went a bit loopy) unquote

I think he was Vietnamese actually, cerainly there was a guy of that nationality working in the Sud Aviation Stress Office, but he wasn't loopy - just cussed!

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