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steve rowell
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Don’t ever think that something unusual that you see is not worth querying. 99 times out of 100 it will be nothing to worry about. BUT…… it’s that one time out a hundred that counts!

Rgds Cking

As was the case with the Aloha 243 incident in 1988…According to the official NTSB report of the investigation… Gayle Yamamoto, a passenger, noticed a crack in the fuselage upon boarding the aircraft prior to the ill-fated flight but did not notify anyone. The crack was located aft of the front port side passenger door. The crack was probably due to metal fatigue related to the 89,090 compression and decompression cycles experienced in the short hop flights by Aloha

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