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The French courts have laid the blame on the unauthorized repair of the thrust reverser wear strips on the DC-10 that took off before the Concorde.
The "unauthorized" part is based largely on the infamous "metal strip" being titanium, not stainless as identified in the maintenance manual.
However, skimming through the accident investigation report it seems to me that the MacDonald-Douglas manuals kinda sorta suggest that "alternative solutions can be used for the
tools, equipment and consumables recommended."
Ok, maybe a bit of a stretch to say that an ambiguous manual was the cause of the crash. But that's not going to stop me from pulling this gem out the next time I'm given a POS manual as a deliverable.
The French courts have laid the blame on the unauthorized repair of the thrust reverser wear strips on the DC-10 that took off before the Concorde.
The "unauthorized" part is based largely on the infamous "metal strip" being titanium, not stainless as identified in the maintenance manual.
However, skimming through the accident investigation report it seems to me that the MacDonald-Douglas manuals kinda sorta suggest that "alternative solutions can be used for the
tools, equipment and consumables recommended."
Ok, maybe a bit of a stretch to say that an ambiguous manual was the cause of the crash. But that's not going to stop me from pulling this gem out the next time I'm given a POS manual as a deliverable.