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Letter: Letters: Pilot in peril

Published 16 May 1992

From JOHN LINDOP

‘Wrong bolts sent pilot into the blue’ (This Week, 25 April). OK, not
a lot of marks for maintenance but, had the offending windscreen been plugged
from the inside, all that would have happened even if all the bolts fell
out would be that it would be pressed even harder against the frame/seal
due to internal pressure, not blown out as happened. So no marks at all
for design.

John Lindop Duddon Common, Tarporley, Cheshire

Issue no. 1821 published 16 May 1992

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