All metals subjected to repeated stress will cause fatigue cracks.
Airplanes are designed to be as light as possible.
Which means the safety factor is as low as possible.
Only solution is rigorous inspection of critical areas.
When a minute crack begins, the plane is still safe and operable.
If you have noticed, planes land at an airport, and take off again within an hour or so.
There is just not enough time to thoroughly inspect the plane before next flight.
Still flying the modern airplane is safer than driving a car in terms of people-miles covered.
It is absolute miracle there are so few plane crashes.
“It is absolute miracle there are so few plane crashes.”
Especially in Boeing planes. I’ll never fly in one of these. I can only imagine the violations we know nothing about re the 787. Boeing is a shadow of its former self.
Gutted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWxxtzBTxGU&t=1387s