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Re:Passenger notices missing bolts on plane wing, flight can... by chris_va on Monday January 22, 2024 @03:25PM (#39094918)
It's also possible that the A&P looked at it and decided it could wait, but then after the passengers noticed someone higher up decided it was not worth the brand risk.

If the fastener is called out in part 21.31, then it would be a required part, but airplanes _never_ fly with 100% of their parts in working order... this one was not required, so under normal circumstances I would assume they'd fly the plane.

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Re:Passenger notices missing bolts on plane wing, flight can... by andix on Monday January 22, 2024 @04:50PM (#39095977)
Yes, this sounds plausible. Maybe the airline did know about the missing bolts and didn't want publicly admit it.

If they didn't notice the bolts missing it's a completely different story. If 4 bolts get loose, maybe 50 more go loose soon after. It's not impossible that all of them were not mounted correctly and the first 4 were only the beginning.

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