MED

Multiple Element Damage 

MEDMultiple Element Damage is the simultaneous presence of fatigue cracks in similar adjacent structural components in an aircraft, such as fuselage frames, stringer-to-frame attachments and over-wing fuselage attachments.

For further information on MED, see next month’s ‘What the Hec?!’


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