re: nevermind

pretty much what I said, the blade was sent to an cheap, fly by night, independent contractor for refurbish, the necessary inspections and work were not done, and the blade returned to service, of course when you drag it into the court room, fingers are going to be pointed at everyone that can conceivably be implicated, I'm sure the plaintiffs tried to assign guilt on the estates of Wilbur and Orville

ETA: the loss of all hydraulic systems, and subsequent hull loss, due to a relatively minor mechanical malfunction, was especially tragic because a similar crash is May, '79 of American flight 191, where the #1 engine failed/separated, going over the wing shortly after rotation, the hydraulic lines were severed ,causing the slats on the left wing to retract and the aircraft rolled 112 degrees at low altitude and crashed, the engine out profile was nailed, which unfortunately reduced the already minimal chance of recovery, these design flaws were eventually corrected and the DC-10 became an awesome airplane after the loss of a few hundred lives, there was one more similar crash for pretty much the same reason, but essentially same story, small malfunction, loss of hydraulics, airplane unflyable, people die