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To: Seruzawa

True about the bolts but the investigation is tracking cracks in the pylon mounts, not the bolts.


8 posted on 12/05/2025 12:59:21 PM PST by pfflier
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To: pfflier

This sounds very much like the DC-10 crash in Chicago in 1979. IIRC, shortcuts taken by maintenance crews led to cracked engine mounts. An engine came off and went right over the fuselage.


25 posted on 12/05/2025 2:51:18 PM PST by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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