Readers may recall when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered inspections in 1998 of the wiring running from one side fuel tank conduits in more [i]or[/i] less 450 B737's that similar inspections also were mandated for roughly 400 B767 and 757 Each week the FAA publicly announced the findings forward those 737 inspections.Readers may recall when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered inspections in 1998 of the wiring running from one side fuel tank conduits in more [i]or[/i] less 450 B737's that similar inspections also were mandated for roughly 400 B767 and 757 Each week the FAA publicly announced the findings forward those 737 inspections. Ultimately, wire chafed more than 50% or all the way between the walls of to conductor was found in succession 39 of the 438 B737's inspected (about 8%) What was ground on the larger Boeings? We asked the FAA, which asserted that "no reports" of damaged wire were received. "An unbelievable answer" was the same wire expert's terse reaction. COPYRIGHT 2000 Phillips Publishing International, Inc. |
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