в крыле, вообще-то, много разного крепежа. в данном случае речь шла о том, что за крепежом привода внешнего элевона могли следить и получше, если бы процесс регулярной инспекции не был мегагеморройным из-за трудности доступа
благодарю за теплые словаF-117 accident investigation report released
Released: Dec 15, 1997
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS) -- Air Combat Command released the accident investigation report Dec. 12 on the F-117A stealth fighter from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., that crashed Sept. 14 near Baltimore, Md.
The accident investigation report concluded that the cause of the accident was structural failure of a support assembly, known as the Brooklyn Bridge, in the left wing due to four missing fasteners of the 39 in the assembly. The Brooklyn Bridge assembly was apparently improperly reinstalled during a scheduled periodic inspection in Jan. 1996.