Mishandling, Sabotage Eyed
The final U.S. Air Force report on the failure of a McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 booster here Jan. 17 cites the potential of a ground mishandling incident or even sabotage by gunfire as ``credible failure modes'' that could have caused the rupture of the vehicle's No. 2 Alliant Techsystems solid motor...
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