To: yarddog
Unfortunately, it was caused by “interior” corrosion. In other words, the corrosion wouldn't have been visible.
I suppose the only way it would have been caught is if the inspector drilled holes in the support arms to look.
9 posted on
08/06/2017 1:46:41 PM PDT by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: 2111USMC
That doesn’t have to mean what you think it means. It could just be toward the center of the ride, or more likely a butt joint between surfaces.
12 posted on
08/06/2017 1:51:58 PM PDT by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: 2111USMC
Would it have sent the arm carrying the six or so passengers out into the crowd? We’re people on the ground hit?
How disastrous.
32 posted on
08/06/2017 2:23:34 PM PDT by
Yaelle
(We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
To: 2111USMC
Actually, an 8 ounce ball peen hammer can detect interior corrosion. You tap on the metal and if you get a hollow sound instead of a ping the metal is weakened.
45 posted on
08/06/2017 3:41:28 PM PDT by
raybbr
(That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
To: 2111USMC
One could disassemble and X-Ray, but Rides are apparently not treated like Airplanes wrt inspections of critical spars.
62 posted on
08/06/2017 6:07:11 PM PDT by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: 2111USMC
Or pay for “nondestructive” testing; ultra sound or x-ray....
To: 2111USMC
Sheesh, just build all support beams out of solid gold.
Gold is the only metallic element that does not corrosively oxidize.
Locate a solid gold space meteor. Rocket up some mining equipment. Then ...
71 posted on
08/06/2017 7:57:34 PM PDT by
TheNext
(Congress Leaks thread)
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