On: Did a 1997 merger ruin Boeing?

[justinclift]

There's also stuff like this, where a bad repair 20+ years ago eventually leads to structural failure:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611

This one only took 7 years from a bad repair until catastrophic failure though:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_123

So "repair stuff properly" seems to be the important thing there. ;)