NTSB Tests Match Engineers' Flight 587 Failure Analysis

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) tests on a tailfin lug in load conditions similar to those of American Flight 587 backed up engineers' analysis suggesting the lug structurally failed at a load beyond its ultimate design limit. Engineers from NTSB, Airbus, American, BEA and NASA Langley...

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