It was also repaired before the previous flight. It goes like this: several flights report problem maintenance "fixes" the problem next flight reports that

It was also repaired before the previous flight. It goes like this: several flights report problem maintenance "fixes" the problem next flight reports that another, worse problem has appeared - bad enough that regulators have now said that the plane was "not airworthy" during this flight maintenance "fixes" the problem final flight impacts ocean at high speed Your assertion is that since maintenance cleared the plane after the second fix, the plane must have been fine. To that, I point to the previous time maintenance cleared the plane, when it was demonstrably not fine.