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Old 11-07-2007, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Tinpusher007 View Post
Agreed. My point is that it appears the news may be misrepresenting the facts.
Aaaah, Say it ain't so.

When the 747-400 was relatively new to UAL, they had a winglet get damaged and it was removed. As there was no performance data available, the aircraft was restricted to domestic routes by the FAA.
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