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Old 17th May 2011, 19:36
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The A109 accident was tragic.
An employee in the blade manufacture section was slicing off excess adhesive that had squeezed out during the spar to skin assembly process. Unfortunately he was using a sharp knife and scoring the spar. This led to a stress crack and a main rotor blade separating inflight with the loss of the crew and the passengers, "Trump" executives.
Human Factors...
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