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		morninglight 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Final report on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in-fli... Boeing also had a rivet problem on Japan Air Lines Flight 123 in 1985 and 520 people died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_123

hbcondo714 3 months ago [–]

> The crash is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history…caused by a faulty repair by Boeing technicians

Extremely sad to learn this. It could have been prevented.

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