China Airlines Flight 611 Maintenance Queried

The China Airlines Flight 611 accident may illustrate how an airplane can pass a heavy maintenance inspection yet be structurally unsound. The rear fuselage of the 23-year-old Boeing 747-200 came apart at the top of climb on May 25, 2002. Investigators believe the structural failure originated at...

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