NTSB Clears Composite Tail In American 587 Probe

In an unusually direct opening statement, NTSB kicked off the American Flight 587 hearing yesterday in Washington by all but ruling out a structural flaw in the plane's all-composite tail as the cause of the crash. "The extensive loads calculations accomplished by Airbus and independently by the...

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