Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110403:15:51:00
Activated. the stress fackture, the south africature area is five feet by one foot wide. where the skin comes together, on the aircraft, it doesn't just come together like this. it's overlaps. that is called a "lab joint." and at each joint there are three rows of rivets. that run down the aircraft longitudinally. and we have clear evidence that the skin separated at the lower rivet line. a preliminary on-site examination reveals preexisting fatigue along the entire fracture surface. this is a term known in the industry as multisite damage.
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