..the bolts are still in place and they run through the composite tabs which are still in place. The composite tabs broke above the attach point.
Jeeeezus... and nobody sees on the attachment tabs any 'obvious' delamination? And the structure in fact failed above the attachment points?
Whelp; without any obvious visible delamination and without any apparent way to visably or by other means screen, ultrasound, or scan for this type of composite componet failure; and since this is a MAJOR flight surface, without which a pilot's skill is of no import to survival
and this method of construction and attachment for this componet is the same on ALL Airbus models...
IF IT DON'T SAY BOEING, I AIN'T GOING![/i]
[ 11-19-2001: Message edited by: Hangtime ]
