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Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

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inflicted by debris would therefore have had the capacity to reduce the tailplane's structural integrity by passing through the light gauge skins and spar web into the interior of the aft torque box, damaging the shear connection between top and
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Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

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The initial explosion triggered a sequence of events which effectively destroyed the structural integrity of the forward fuselage. Little more then remained between stations 560 and 760 (approximately) than the window belts and the cabin sidewall structure imediately ab
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Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

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known feature of early Boeing 747 aircraft which, by itself, does not detract from the structural integrity of the hull. The cold bond adhesive was used to improve the distribution of shear load across the joint, thus reducing shear transfer
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Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

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beyond the boundary of the petalled region resulted in a critical reduction of fuselage structural integrity. Calculations were carried out at the Royal Aerospace Establishment to determine whether these fractures, growing outwards from the boundary of the petalled hole, c
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Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

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explosion. The combined effect of the direct and indirect explosive forces was to destroy the structural integrity of the forward fuselage, 54
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Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

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explosion. The combined effect of the direct and indirect explosive forces was to destroy the structural integrity of the forward fuselage. 56
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