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by dotnet00 890 days ago
But the most recent incident you've cited is 18 years old. I'd hardly say "they keep falling off and they keep flying them" for that.
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For context the Electra, Lockheed's penultimate airliner, lost its wings twice. After that airlines stopped buying it. Meanwhile the FAA put out another wing related AD for the C-130 in 2021.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/14/2021-10...