Factual report on China Airlines Flight 611 points to hidden fatigue crack
Doubler Hides Crack Afactual report published last week focuses extensively on fatigue cracks on the fuselage of China Airlines Flight 611, a Boeing 747-200 that came apart at the top of climb on May 25, 2002. The cracks emanated from a repair of tail-strike damage that occurred in 1980. The repair...
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