From: west59stephen@hotmail.com   
      
   Surprised it would be a major maintenance issue as I understood the a/c to   
   be 6 months old unless an engine was removed for elapsed time rotation   
   -Stephen   
   "John Mazor"  wrote in message   
   news:eWoBi.191$ih.36@trnddc01...   
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   > "NoneYa"  wrote in message   
   > news:eXnBi.90$tb5.80@newsfe12.lga...   
   >> Booger Bob wrote:   
   >>> the aircraft was cat 3 overhaul just before the crash, a bold was not   
   >>> torque correctly converting from in to mm. that's what caused it.   
   >>> "harry k"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:1188316960.787941.86120@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com...   
   >>>> On Aug 24, 7:40 pm, "Its me"  wrote:   
   >>>>> Did any result ever come from the investigation?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Way too early for the official report yet.  They have issued a   
   >>>> mandatory order to inspect the wind attachments though. Dunno what   
   >>>> that would have to do with the fire though.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Harry K   
   >>   
   >> Who did the maintenance?   
   >>   
   >> Out of country Contractors or "Africans" wink-wink-nudge nudge   
   >   
   > You're suggesting that an African maintenance facility got confused over   
   > metric vs. non-metric, and that this would have been caused by some kind   
   > of racial inferiority.   
   >   
   > You mean like the Air Canada people did in the Gimli Glider incident?   
   > Last I looked, Canada wasn't in Africa.  It could happen to anybody.   
   >   
   > (What happened, Biffy, did Bellsouth get fed up with your racist crap and   
   > toss your account?  That's okay, AOL will take anybody.)   
   >   
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