Originally Posted by
.Scott
Well that certainly matches what we see in the photo.
However, I wouldn't expect the conversation to end with everyone accepting the notion that a panel falling off a plane is to be expected.
Its not expected, just not unknown. I dont know what the rate of failure is but like everything else on an aeroplane below a certain percentage then the failure rate is acceptable. To re-engineer the brackets and make them more secure would involve putting the panel fasteners though the skin and then you get into yet another load of stress calculations and possible redesigns of the skin panels. Is all that cost worthwhile for an incident that maybe reoccurs once every 2 - 3 years?