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Originally posted by doc
I think Maggie-L may be correct about the wing spar failure.
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Well, the wings don't come off unless the spars fail (if you don't unbolt them., of course). Since my original posting, we've heard reports that this aircraft had had skin cracks in the top surface of the wings at the fusilage repaired...another sign that the wings had been overstressed. Appaerently inspecting the spars at that time was too expensive, overlooked, or not done thoroughly.
There's *lots* of old military aircraft still flying...B-52s are another case-in-point.