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Thought you might be interested in this article: Missing Procedure Costs US Air Force $6,754,275 All that was missing was a simple set of instructions alerting the mechanics to remove the landing gear pins before clearing the aircraft for use. That’s all it would have taken for the US Air Force to avoid a $6,754,275 content snafu. The expensive accident happened October 20, 2005 at Hill Air Force Base in Salt Lake City when repairs being made to F-22 Raptor fighter jet failed to go as planned. Although mechanics followed the correct procedures to insert the landing gear pins (devices used to stabalize the aircraft and prevent it from moving while being repaired) there were no instructions to remind the mechanics to remove pins prior to returning the aircraft to service.  According to an article… Read the rest: http://www.thecontentwrangler.com/article/430/

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