British Airtours 28M (Manchester)
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area had been repaired in November 1983 after 7,482 hours/3,371 cycles time since new. It then ran a further 4,611 hours/2,036 cycles until it failed. The repair carried out in 1983 used the direct fusion weld method described in theOpen official document at PDF page 169Aircraft Accident Report 8/88: Boeing 737-236 series 1, G-BGJL, Manchester, 22 August 1985