Loss of structural integrity on an aircraft
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The list of aviation accidents and incidents, aircraft accidents and incidents caused by structural failures summarizes notable accidents and incidents such as the 1933 United Airlines Chesterton Crash due to a bombing and a :File:Boeing B-52 with no vertical stabilizer.jpg, 1964 B-52 test that landed after the vertical stabilizer broke off. Loss of structural integrity during flight can be caused by: * faulty design * faulty maintenance * manufacturing flaws * pilot error * weather conditions * sabotage (e.g., an :Airliner bombings, airliner bombing by a Aircraft hijacking, skyjacker).


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;Notes ;Citations ;Bibliography * Gero, David B. ''Military Aviation Disasters: Significant Losses Since 1908''. Sparkford, Yoevil, Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2010, {{DEFAULTSORT:Aircraft structural failures Lists of aviation accidents and incidents, Structural