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Old 31st Jul 2013, 00:17
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Skipness One Echo
 
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How pompous. You know nothing about this plane except some reports of battery problems. Read the aviation herald.

Every day planes have problems, albeit fires are serious and it's been fixed
Get off your soap box and read some reports. Try starting with the Convair built DC10 cargo door that was "fixed" and went on to kill hundreds more. The B747 cargo door that was "fixed" after the Pan Am incident then opened over the ocean on a United aircraft causing someone to be sucked into an engine.
Or how about the Concorde tyres that were "fixed" after the 1981 fuel tank puncture departing Dulles.
The B787 has recurrent problems with fire and smoke, with billions riding on it, I'll reserve judgement on when to decide that it's "fixed".

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