@RR_NDB &
IGh:
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After UA811 [Fwd Cargo Door electrically-unlocked during flight] the manufacturer misinformed the NTSB:
"... .. Based on what Boeing has told them, investigators say four independent systems would have had to have failed for the door to open in flight...." [Wall Street Journal, 27Feb1990].
This misleading information, from that manufacturer, led to the incorrect P.C. published by NTSB in their initial AAR.
If in a simple issue (a door part) this occurred......
Sorry, even though it's OT, I can't let this stand. I don't know what Boeing told them, but this door was damaged by improper closure pre-flight, as well as having a design problem that allowed this to occur in the first place. There was nothing "simple" about it. Regardless of any deception that IGh implies, this issue was identified and understood, and properly fixed by Boeing.
--Keepin' It Real