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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



> 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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