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This particular airplane (F-GZCP) was involved in a ground collision incident with another Airbus in 2006, where its wing hit the other Airbus' tail. The wing w
by bojanb 17y ago
This particular airplane (F-GZCP) was involved in a ground collision incident with another Airbus in 2006, where its wing hit the other Airbus' tail. The wing was repaired.
An improper fix would certainly lead to an in-flight breakup after many operating cycles (see Japan Airlines flight 123 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAL_123 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAL_123; China Airlines flight 611 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611 for example), especially in conditions of heavy turbulence that this airplane obviously experienced.
Either that or a bomb is my educated speculation.
- petercooper 17y agoHowever, considering the maintenance transmissions were spread over 4 minutes, I'd suspect the plane didn't entirely breakup within a shorter period of time.. although this doesn't rule out that a bomb or breakup was the straw that broke the camel's back - just that it probably wasn't the sole cause.