Posted on 05/23/2024 10:07:18 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
But the whole point of the NEADS system is to fill the airspace inside of the aircraft's fuel tanks with inert Nitrogen, so that a TWA 800-like fuel tank explosion wouldn't happen again. (If it ever happened at all...)
So the danger of an electrostatic spark inside a Nitrogen-inerted tank carrying low volatility Jet A fuel, is as close to nil as humanly possible.
The days of “If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going” are over.
It’s now “If it’s Boeing, I ain’t going.”
Can you still buy travel insurance at the airport?
In statements to The Independent on Thursday, the FAA said there was not an immediate safety risk to flights, and Boeing said the standard regulatory process had been “sensationalized”.
“The FAA bases its airworthiness directive timelines on the risk involved. If the agency determines something is an urgent issue, it requires immediate action,” an aviation regulatory source told The Independent.
“The proposed Boeing 777 airworthiness directive would give operators a certain amount of time to make the fixes that Boeing described in its November 2023 alert.”
In an email, Boeing described the Daily Mail’s original story as “misleading and reckless”.
“It makes incorrect connections and sensationalizes the standard regulatory process that has helped ensure air travel is the safest form of transportation,” the aircraft manufacturer said. “This is not an immediate safety of flight issue. There are multiple redundancies designed into modern commercial airplanes to ensure protection for electromagnetic effects. The 777 fleet has been operating for nearly 30 years, and has safely flown more than 3.9 billion passengers.”
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“The days of “If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going” are over.
It’s now “If it’s Boeing, I ain’t going.””
Once again the NP succeeds on with its scandalous click-bait!
Now “Smoking or Non-Smoking” has a new meaning.
In the meantime there are psy-ops forces shaping news stories to shake and rattle opinions on safety to scare you out of flying.
Facts are that per number of flight miles flown, aviation has never been safer.
All true. However the headline readers have crashed Boeing stock today by $11 a share. And we have our own freepers on that bandwagon.
Ridiculous. The old FR would home in on the facts and details, not the hysteria.
Headline wrong. This isn’t a jet engine fault, which would be a problem for a jet engine manufacturer, but a fuels system fault, which is Boeing’s fault. How far the mighty have fallen.
Once again the NP succeeds on with its scandalous click-bait!
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What you say has nothing to do with what I said.
Now look to see who sold short.
If it’s going from the engine to the tank, Then this is the aircraft manufacturer issue, Not the engine manufacturer
I recall airline pilots scoffing at the “fuel tank explosion” explanation which was offered to cover up the shoot down. They knew that the partially empty tank would be full of fumes and no oxygen could get in. No oxygen, no explosion.
Yes, a good time to buy. Boeing is NOT going to go away!!
As of this time, it’s down 7.3%.
Aren’t most jet engine manufactured by GE or Rolls Royce for commercial liners.
Buy low, sell high.
Among the facts is that over decades, Boeing destroyed its reputation.
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