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Sympthsical

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3. Depends what comes out in the investigation

Reply to scipan (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:14 AM

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When a similar incident with an engine mount occurred on Flight 191 in 1979, the culprit was faulty maintenance procedures. The ground crew were taking shortcuts to reduce turn around times. It didn't fail right away. A little crack that grew over time until the mount failed. They're certainly going to go through all the logs and see what the history was there.

Sometimes it's something ridiculously small. Like that Sioux City crash landing. A microscopic defect in the titanium of a fan disc led to fatigue cracking that went undetected.

The NTSB is fascinatingly good at figuring this stuff out.

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Here's a good analysis Renew Deal Saturday #1

Not a pilot, but you know how they say it's not usually a single cause but a series of mistakes? scipan Saturday #2

Depends what comes out in the investigation Sympthsical Saturday #3

Yes NTSB is amazing. What is also amazing is, it would have been survivable if scipan Saturday #4