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Old 24th Feb 2014, 21:40
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porterhouse
 
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Perhaps but nobody knows.
Whether it is a battery or something else aviation has a very long history of problems creeping up after the aircraft was already certified. It is simply unavoidable. A part can be subjected to 50,000 hours of stress test and will pass certification only to fail at 50,001 hr.
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