Virtually all aircraft have cracks, but there's a reason you don't need to worry

ANALYSIS: Virtually all aircraft have cracks, but there's a reason you don't need to worry

Bear in mind that all aircraft safety is reinforced by multiple layers of protection, and in the case of the pickle fork there are at least two such layers.

First, the pickle fork is secured with multiple bolts, so if one bolt should fail as a result of cracking, depending on the location there will be another five or six bolts still holding it in place. Second, should the unthinkable occur and a pickle fork totally fail, there is still another"structural load path" that would maintain the strength of connection between the wing and body, so this would not affect the operation of the aircraft.On this basis, it seems strange that the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association has, especially given that this union has no official role in the grounding of aircraft.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is the only agency in Australia with a legal obligation to make such a ruling, and hasBefore the aircraft obtains a permit to fly, the designer has to demonstrate to a regulator — in Boeing's case, theThis has to be proved by both engineering calculations and physical models. The result is an extensive maintenance manual for each aircraft model.

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