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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 11:03 am
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Originally Posted by sic incognito
I believe this was made public already quite shortly after the accident. I have never heared about any claim. Maybe now that it has been confirmed, something is going to be filed...

What caused the crash was the tires. Regardless if something was left behind by a previous plane. The tires should have been able to withstand that object. If the tires didn't shred and get sucked into the engine then there would have been no crash.
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