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From: john@gcc-milo.ARPA (John Allred)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: JAL crash
Message-ID: <384@gcc-milo.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 10:12:05 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  6 10:12:05 1985
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In article <4515@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes:

>
>More details please.  Last I heard, Boeing had agreed to pay "damages"
>on the assumption that they might have been responsible, with the
>understanding that if the investigation eventually exonerates them,
>they get their money back.

The details are a bit fuzzy in my head, but I seem to remember Boeing admitting
that the rivets on the repair plate didn't go all the way through the 3-layer
plate.  The end result was metal fatigue (remember, the 747SR has high take-
off/landing cycling): the plate let loose, and various chunks of metal started
flying around.
-- 
John Allred
General Computer Company 
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