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Fatigue Cracking Cited in Rapid Depressurization

The operator had experienced a similar event eight years earlier, the NTSB says.

by Linda Werfelman | August 11, 2026

A portion of the canted bulkhead web (forward surface on the left and aft surface on the right) as they looked when received at the lab. 

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