Tech News 1: Aircraft security: Diagnosis during flight is possible

[bob_turner]

The pressurized cabins of commercial aircraft, as well as their wings and tail units, are inspected for cracks and damage at regular intervals. Every six to ten years, each jet has to undergo a D-check in a hangar for one to two months. There, it is largely disassembled, even the paint is removed. Together with the lost operating time, such a D-check can easily cost several million Swiss francs.

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