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can had suffered abnormal thermal fatigue damage during first run. Since the method of direct fusion weld repair addresses only the visibly cracked areas and not embryonic fatigue damage in the remainder of the can, the residual life of aOpen official document at PDF page 171Aircraft Accident Report 8/88: Boeing 737-236 series 1, G-BGJL, Manchester, 22 August 1985