On: British Airways Flight 5390

[rkagerer]

Investigators found that when the windscreen was installed 27 hours before the flight, 84 of the bolts used were 0.026 inches (0.66 mm) too small in diameter (British Standards A211-8C vs A211-8D, which are #8-32 vs #10-32 by the Unified Thread Standard) and the remaining six were A211-7D, which is the correct diameter but 0.1 inches (2.5 mm) too short (0.7 inch vs. 0.8 inch).

[redis_mlc → rkagerer]

I'd be interested to know if there was a maintenance test flight before carrying revenue passengers.

[sokoloff → redis_mlc]

Test flights are not required after most maintenance activity. Licensed mechanic sign-off returns the aircraft to service.

[rkagerer → sokoloff]

Yeah it must be tough. If I did this kind of repair in my garage I'd want to pressurize the cabin before it was scheduled to go airborne.