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Originally Posted by Skybird
As already said, the plane had been found to be so poorly maintained during a techncial check one year ago, that it was prohibited by French authorities to fly to and land in France.
Considering the other known circumstances of this crash, this is what solves the issue for me - even more when considering that the whole airline has a history of being accused of unsifficient technical maintenance. The Yemenetes (?  ) call airplanes of that carrier "flying coffins". |
Careful - correlation does not imply causation. A badly-maintained airliner can still crash for reasons that have nothing to do with maintenance.
I remember the Egypt Air 990 crash. The 767 had previous problems with thrust reversers deploying in flight, including the Lauda Air crash. The Egypt Air plane had recently had a thrust reverser problem. It had also dropped out of the sky suddenly, just like the Lauda Air plane had. So everybody assumed it was a thrust reverser problem. In reality, the thrust reverser had nothing to do with it.