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Old 24th Feb 2015, 04:05
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The safety alert says "careful visual inspection of this area during preflight will provide early detection and prevent a catastrophic failure".

Wow. "Will" prevent. Not "should", but definitely "will", in other words "we have perfect confidence in our products".

So if the inspection is anything less than perfect, a failure may happen but it will be because of the pilot's careless inspection, not because of the blade manufacturing.

Am I being paranoid?
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