re: #211 Killgore Trout

Exclusive: Malaysia plane probe narrows on mid-air disintegration - source

The same plane was involved in an incident where the tip of its wing (the starboard wing, IIRC) was damaged in a “fenderbender” with a Chinese plane on the ground.

Even though it was repaired, there’s still a possibility of structural failure; micro-cracks, etc., that may have gone undetected despite the repair job, and sadly, it wouldn’t be the first time such a thing has happened. There’s been a couple of other incidents where despite repairs, the airliner nonetheless suffered catastrophic structural failure in-flight, resulting in the subsequent loss of the airliner with all on board.