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Originally Posted by Mick F
What's not to say that the report above is over exaggerated?
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With all due respect; I know you have very extensive flying experience, but are you suggesting the blog post or the actual ATSB report is over exaggerated?
The facts in the ATSB report are clear; a significant incident occurred; one which could have legitimately resulted in significant loss of life, if the cracks were not picked up when they were. Like most aviation incidents/accidents, multiple redundancies in aviation is what saved the day here. Yes the pilots made an error; yes the engineers should have done better and completed a proper examination and yes Virgin and ultimately CASA should have had ensured oversight of all of the above. Guess we will see more when the full report comes out.
For what it's worth; the plane is still packed away in the hanger in ABX.