In what may yet be a critical issue in the disappearance of MH370, Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya could not last night (12 March) confirm that a vital airworthiness directive concerning metal fatigue cracks had been carried out on the missing Boeing 777-200.
Were it not for the airworthiness directive concerning possible fuselage failure points on older 777s, it would probably never have been given a second glance.
It could be that Ahmad Jauhari was simply unprepared for the question as to Malaysia Airlines’ compliance with the airworthiness directive, and that the checks and any necessary repairs stipulated by Boeing had in fact been carried out before the jet that operated MH370 took off.
Or, it might be that this work wasn't done, or done properly, with terrible consequences for the 239 people on the missing 777-200.
It is a question that Malaysia Airlines should answer. - Plane talking.
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Malaysia Airlines CEO unsure if vital repairs done to MH370 | Plane Talking