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Old 2nd Nov 2016, 21:45
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Thanks for the update-confirmation of my earlier post # 4 which I said
. . . 767 was not loaded to destruction because of a aft frame partial failure which twisted the vertical stabiliser section about 15 degrees.
From memory- a frame near the aft door had either been omitted or improperly fastened and failed. I was working on 767 at the time in tooling. Later after it had been hauled out to the ' boneyard ' I had to go out and check what special tool ( hilock cutter ) might be needed to unfasten the last two fasteners on the aft portion of the upper plus chord ( wing to body join ) to allow trimming about 2 inches off the upper horizontal / vertical portion due to a possible fatigue issue noted in early analyis of the ongoing fatigue testing. Other than the partially buckled aft section, the rest of the plane appeared to be in good condition with few if any obvious deformations.
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