Originally Posted by
overthewing
I confess I'm surprised that all blame landed on the mechanic.
AAAAARGH!
It didn't. I don't mean to be a stick-in-the-mud here, but if you read either this thread or the trial findings you'll see that the "responsibility" for the accident, for what it's worth, was split between Continental (as in the corporate entity) and EADS. The mechanic was the person found liable for the repair being improperly carried out, which was just one factor.