Hi Michael Stansfield . In hind sight it seems that Airbus ( A dirty word in a USAF contract ) or your suggestion ,all seems to late . The USAF was excepting , then stopping deliveries and with holding millions until the KC-46 is up to snuff . From FOD Foreign object debris , Garbage , found in delivered aircraft , to A class one failure of an in floor latching system , that i had felt Boeing had mastered a very long time ago , just makes me wonder . But what i wanted to say , is it is to late for Boeing , USAF and Congress to back out . They HAVE to make this tanker work . And if i might mention the remote control re-fueling system is also a can of worms . The KC-46 is a very troubled project . Thanks for your reply Michael . Always nice to hear from others ..........DGR

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It is kind of funny that this KC-46 article wound up on the FlightAware news , as it is a Boeing / USAF millitary issue . But i have been following the KC-46 story on 3 different Military Blogs i receive each day , for quite a while . It is a very sad story for Boeing , that they have fallen so far , from something they used to do so very well . With the on going problems with the Max added into the financial woes , i often wonder if Boeing can survive all the calamities with these two projects . Will this be the demise of Boeing as we presently know it ? Penny for your thoughts ........DGR

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Bruderal , Just out of curiosity , are you related to Air Canada , or just an avid aircraft watcher , like me ? Have a good night .....DGR

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Sorry John . When i can't read the article , i can't comment . But i am P.O. with the advertisements .

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Hi again . I went back to the stories 1st photo . If you click on that photo , you get a 90sec NHK video . When the video stops you get a very clear , close up view of the window . For my money , it seems as if there was an impact breakage . Like you see in car involved with a hit pedestrian . Obviously this is not that . But the swirling of the window failure , seems to have started in the bottom left of the window , due to the closeness of the rings and as the swirl pattern moves out . As for the Tape ; in the closer video , i can't tell if it is actually a white metal trim or tape . Please take a look at this again , and let me know what you think ........DGR .

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Hi again Bruderal . If in fact , anyone was as reckless as that , staff should be Fired . Also i could not see an Air Canada flt crew signing off on such a fix . Also i had heard about this event on CTV and CBC and the window failed at altitude . My 1st question was what amount of frame flexing would cause a multi pane window to break in such away ?......Penny for your thoughts .......DGR

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hi Bruderal . Forgive me . I am kind of distracted right now . But i looked at the AC window again , once i realized what you were writing about . I have to agree with you . I was thinking that it appears that it was raining on the ramp , so maybe they covered a crack and /or leak . But that pane sure splintered like a cob web . Hope you have a good day ........DGR

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Hi Bruderal , I can't say that i did . And while i am able to read all the other articles in todays news release , i still can not read about AA , with-out it being plastered with changing Adds . I don't get it , but i give up . Till next time .....DGR

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Thats quite the shatter .

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I have been un-able to read the full article , due to Google covering the page with multiple Adds for Air Lingus . However i can add that WestJet announced this morning it will remove all of its' 737 Max from their " Winter Schedule " I do not know how many months , constitute the Winter Schedule . But it does not sound good . If i find that i can read the AA lines story , without Google Adds , i'll comment later .........DGR

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