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Fatigue cracking cited in July 2009 Southwest diversion
The hole that developed in the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 last year was caused by what the US National Transportation Safety Board describes as "pre-existing fatigue at a chemically milled step" - or in simpler terms, fatigue cracking.
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