Jet's flapping wing forced down passenger flight

[Gavin Otto]

From the SMH
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/jets-flapping-wing-forced-down-passenger-flight-20100824-13pcq.html

[Adam P.]

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[Rod Sloan]

Investigators said the valve was adjusted incorrectly when the plane was built in 2007 causing undue wear in the flap control mechanism.

The wing flaps, otherwise known as ailerons, are hinged surfaces that move up and down on the wings during during flight to increase or reduce the varying degrees of lift on an aircraft


From a news.com.au article on the same subject.

Bold my emphasis.

[Harry G]

Media.........
anyway...... plane was reported as Tiger Airways "C" reg

the article if any truth also makes one feel better about the aviation industry and how the "local engineers" are "always" better than their os counterparts - if i am not mistaken QF engineers are always spruiking about how bad servcie is in Singapore????

if the TT plane was built in 2007 - this plane has ALWAYS been a local plane - who missed the valve?????? not being an engineer I do ot know but media reporting a part was incorrectly adjusted when the plane was built??
lets get real!
are they saying this part is incorrectly adjusted on ALL A320's or just Tigers?? or is it a one off??

[Gavin Otto]

Here is the link to the ATSB report
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2009/aair/ao-2009-021.aspx