--=======55FD30B5======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-7CB07CC2; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit At 09:59 PM 3/14/2003 Friday -0500, Gerry wrote: >It seems as if the hull failure that brought down the 747-200 en route from >Taipei to Hong Kong a few months ago was a result of the fuselage buckling >from a tail strike many years earlier. Also the Japanese 747SP, the crash >of which caused the largest single plane loss of life in history, failed >because of poor repair of the pressure dome. > >We hope they do a good job fixing this one. > >Gerry It was a 747SR, not an SP. That's a full-size 747 optimised for The difference of letter makes about 150 extra seats! Robin --=======55FD30B5======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-7CB07CC2 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 2/25/2003 --=======55FD30B5=======--