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English: Figure 30. A schematic drawing of the lower portion of the fuselage skin in the area.
  • The detailed examinations of the fuselage red zone pieces are an example of how these examinations were successful in determining an important segment of the breakup sequence. Figure 30 shows a schematic drawing of the lower portion of the fuselage skin in the area forward of the front spar. In this figure, the earlier fuselage skin fractures have been highlighted, and arrows have been added to indicate the direction of cracking in these earlier fractures. Of all of the fuselage fractures examined, only a limited number (all of which were on pieces recovered from the red zone) could be classified as earlier fractures (that is, consistent with in-plane loading). Further detailed examination of the rivet-torivet fracture pattern in these earlier fuselage fractures generated information on crack propagation directions and indicated that the earliest fracturing was of the lower fuselage, beginning at the front spar of the WCS (wing center section).
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Source NTSB Accident Report, Trans World Airlines Flight 800, AAR0003.pdf, Page 105
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