Iberia investigates cause of fuselage breaking off during flight.

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Spanish airline Iberia has launched an investigation into why a piece of fuselage broke off a Boeing 747 aircraft four hours into its scheduled flight.

A sheet measuring one metre by 40 centimetres reportedly fell off the aircraft during a flight between Madrid, Spain and B...

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