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Old 12th Apr 2017, 05:47
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megan
 
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Another accident caused by the same "failure".

http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/AirFra...ent_report.pdf

Interesting story of Boeing grafting a new nose onto the aircraft on the island. Had to wait for the sun to go down prior to doing any drilling/riveting work so the sun imposed bend in the fuselage would straighten.
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