Sorry to be picky Mike, but didn't Brit 312 say the cracks were only found on BA aircraft? So maybe (probably) AF never fitted the straps.
CliveL
On the other hand, if we ignore Dude's instruction to go inboard and aft, then there could be spanwise straps ahead of/behind the 'F' of the registration out past the hyphen. Best leave it to those who know I think!
Last edited by CliveL; 24th Dec 2010 at 11:28.
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