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friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 01:00 PM
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3. They have a history of protecting Airbus by abusing the court system
The A320 crash at Habsheim being the prior example of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_296


The Concorde had a similar fuel tank puncture years earlier at Dulles. Fortunately, that plane managed to land safely.

Self-sealing tanks were recommended to be retrofit at the time - but of course were not until after the fatal crash...
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