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Originally Posted by DieselAddict
If Airbus's structure is so bad, then why aren't they falling out of the sky left and right? There are thousands flying every day. I just read today that there's new evidence that the recent Air France crash involved the plane hitting the water belly first, meaning it didn't disintegrate in flight as was previously thought.
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Nobody really knows wether their structure is actually bad or not. Composites are not Aluminum. They are new materials and it looks as if there may be problems with them over time that might not be fully understood. Without the CVR and FDR from AF 447 I doubt there will ever be any conclusive evidence as to what happened. And the point about the referenced "hockey stick" curve of incidents is that things will be fine for a while until the material reaches a certain age and then accidents start to occur. Hopefully this is not the case but if it is then the aviation industry is in for a trying time.
- Peter.
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