re: #216 Dr Lizardo

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.

It’s hard for me to imagine an event so catastrophic that the pilots didn’t have time to hit the distress beacon or radio for may day.