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by xattt 2050 days ago
According to the wiki, one of the recommendations from investigating body was that aircraft maintenance crews wear corrective lenses. Reading between the lines, it suggests that the tech didn’t either see the proper screw size or didn’t want to cross-reference with documentation because they couldn’t see the text.
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The article says #8-32 bolts were put in #10-32 holes, which is odd, because they shouldn't mesh at all (OD 0.164 vs ID 0.173).

(M5×0.8 on the other hand is just pure evil NIH.)

They needn't mesh if nuts were used on the inside though :)