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Corrective Maintenance

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Synonyms:
reactive maintenance

Corrective maintenance is a maintenance task performed to identify, isolate, and rectify a fault so that the failed equipment, machine, or system can be restored to an operational condition within the tolerances or limits established for in-service operations.

Inflight maintenance checklist procedure before starting waste collection system repair on board the Atlantis shuttle.
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