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FAA issues safety warning after fires on Boeing 737s
WASHINGTON - The FAA issued a safety alert for Boeing 737 jetliners after electrical fires broke out on at least three planes due to incorrectly installed clamps that caused wires to rub together. The FAA ranked the fires a "serious event" and "potentially hazardous situation which can cause serious injury and damage to (an) aircraft." (www.komonews.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Boeing has really been in the "hot seat" lately.
Yes, but note that this is all on much older and out of production a/c. I wonder how many a/c had this problem, I doubt very many... How many of these planes are still flying... I would put this in the category of NON EVENT.
Also, were the clamps original or replacements. If a result of MX, who did it?
These a/c have been through heavy maintenance MANY times and chances are the clamps had been removed many times.... the chances of these being original or very low. As for who did it... Hard to tell.. A wide spread enough for the FAA to get in the middle of it is obviously not just one person, so the manuals may need changes, or maybe something altered on the plane to make it more clear.
I agree - it sounds like a story with recent keywords that would "shock and amaze". We all know the safety and reliability of the now "Classic" series 73s, which is bolstered by a statistically large sample size. As mentioned, where is the actual fault? Maintenance procedures, replacement part selection, guidance docs...
Yea, I noticed they were old. Boeing has just had the fates working against them lately. Everybody has bumps.