Misaligned Rivets Found on Ruptured Southwest Jet

A federal investigation has revealed possible manufacturing flaws behind the mid-flight fuselage rupture of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 earlier this month. The National Transportation Safety Board probers have discovered that rivet holes on one layer of the 15-year-old aircraft’s skin did not line up properly with the layer below,…

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Misaligned Rivets Found on Ruptured Southwest Jet

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