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Post subject: Re: A380 wing cracks  Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 12:52 |
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"Airbus emphasises that the safe operation of the A380 fleet is not affected"
Yeah, right.
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Post subject: Re: A380 wing cracks Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 16:06 |
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Username Protected wrote: "At first, the discovery was believed to be related to the explosion on an inboard Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine but the cause was later proved to be separate, the report said."
Ah, anybody care to elaborate on what happened there?
So, I should feel better that the wing crack was NOT related to the engine explosion?
Priceless. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/world ... antas.htmlAll cracks are not equal, as we Bonanza fliers know.
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Post subject: Re: A380 wing cracks Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 16:17 |
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Username Protected wrote: Even UAVs? 
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Post subject: Re: A380 wing cracks Posted: 07 Jan 2012, 00:06 |
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Username Protected wrote: I believe most things that fly are going to have some kind of stress cracks given enough time. Like, a year ?
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Post subject: Re: A380 wing cracks Posted: 07 Jan 2012, 18:59 |
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Username Protected wrote:
Like, a year ?
Picky, picky, picky.
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