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Posted on 05/13/2008 8:09:26 PM PDT by denydenydeny
FBI Monitoring 'Incident' At Ridley Township Plant
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS3/AP) ― Boeing Rotorcraft Systems temporarily shut down a production line for several hours Tuesday at its suburban Philadelphia plant because of possible irregularities discovered in two military helicopters.
The company disclosed few specifics about why the shutdown of the H-47 Chinook helicopter line at the plant in Ridley Township, Pa., occurred. It said an investigation was under way and it was working with the Defense Contract Management Agency, which oversees military suppliers.
Boeing officials said they discovered "irregularities" in two of the aircrafts that were being assembled at the plant. The nature of the irregularities was not immediately known.
Jack Satterfield, a company spokesman, said workers were expected to report for work Wednesday, even as the investigation continued.
Rep. Joe Sestak, a Democrat whose district includes the plant, said he was told during a briefing that wires that appeared to be broken or severed were found in one helicopter and a suspicious washer was found in a second.
Sestak said the assessment was preliminary and he expects that the findings of a more thorough review would be available on Wednesday. He praised Boeing's handling of the situation, and said it was much too early to speculate on what happened.
Satterfield said the shutdown was isolated to the line at the Pennsylvania plant and does not affect operational aircraft.
The Chinook is known as the Army's workhorse aircraft. It is used to transport troops and supplies.
Boeing is currently producing new Chinooks for the Army, as well as updating older models.
A message left Tuesday evening with the Defense Contract Management Agency was not immediately returned.
(© 2008 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Then secured with the almighty wire.
Obama?...Hussein?...
Amen to that, bro. Take no chances. Glad the initial questionable items were noticed.
Please send your washer here for questioning. There has obviously been a security breech of some kind here. ;)
TJ—thanks for your service to our country. Yes, the Jesus nut is critical to the operation of the helo.
IF I had my way, every one of these big helos would be equipped with a huge air bag that would cushion the fall if the power fails and the helo heads earthward. We lose too many good man to these helo crashes.
Wow—you know the spec for the UH-1?
I heard the term “Jesus nut” used by some folks here on FR years ago and I thought the term was one of the most descriptive terms I had ever heard. Kind of says it all.
Sheehan?
Benjamin?
Paul?
Mostly those whirly eggbeater things are PFM to me. Don't like them. Don't trust them. Don't understand how they stay in the air. When they do.
Safety wire and epoxy glue, the space age equivalent of baling wire and masking tape.
“They’re still making Chinooks? You would think they would have come up with something better by now.”
Chinooks are the workhorse helicopter of the Army.
Several pilots I know who have flown them over the years(one from the Vietnam era ‘til the 90’s) say they are a snap to fly, especially the newer models.
One guy said it was easier to fly and more responsive than any other Army helicopter. He said he could control the stick with one finger.
“I have personally seen commercial airliners sabotaged by disgruntled union mechanics.”
Did you report this?
Rep. Joe Sestak, a Democrat whose district includes the plant, said he was told during a briefing that wires that appeared to be broken or severed were found in one helicopter and a suspicious washer was found in a second.Hey, if it's sabotage, we'll need to search all the US veterans and any nuns who work at the plant, and ignore all the Mohammedans. Pass the word.
Ping.
DoD: Chinook helicopters at Pa. plant vandalized By RANDY PENNELL, Associated Press Writer
15 minutes ago
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. - Investigators have concluded that two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday as it offered a reward.
Wow. That is a great find.
It is well known that money is one of the top incentives to treason. Bad guys could have used the bank account information to identify people in financial trouble, gamblers, underpaid, disgruntled, etc. - also from the “personal information”.
Bad guys could also have used stolen information to substitute a fake employee with the same credentials as a bonafide employee - or even “add” an employee (or a group of them) and put the data back afterwards and the switch was never noticed.
This is Dogship in 1945.
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