riveting flaw ?? B pucky !
the av week articcle says
A preliminary investigation by India’s aviation regulatory agency of an Oct. 12 incident involving an Air India Boeing 787 indicates that a riveting flaw in the panel covering the heat exchanger unit could have caused the panel to detach from the fuselage.
Thats pure BS - photos elsewhere in media show some sort of proprietary female fastner receptcles . In aluminum- nutplates ( ( used to hold a nut in a blind fastener area ) are typicalym riveted inm the permanent structure, and some type of special scre/bolt used to secure panels used for access or closeout.
If rivets were used to hold ' nutplates of some type " , failure of a few rivets would not be a big deal, rather allowing ' nut' to rotate.- BUT NOT COME UNDONE - OR BE TORGUED UP.
Bottom line - whatever was not done or fastened had ZIP to do with rivets.
The article was written by the same types who said the panel was lost in flight between airports.