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Playing devil's advocate, this could be considered the limit of an incident, as the plane could still operate.
by htk 3y ago
Playing devil's advocate, this could be considered the limit of an incident, as the plane could still operate.
- agubelu 3y agoYes, but the criteria for an accident is "structural failure", not "hull loss" or "inability to fly". I would say that a gaping hole in the fuselage constitutes structural failure. FWIW, the related Wikipedia page correctly refers to it as an accident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_1282 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_1282