[El Gato]

The article fails to mention that after twa 800, the faa found faulty wiring as a cause of explosion in the center fuel tank and further that all wiring in all Boeing 747's be replaced and with new wiring modified to prevent such explosions...And the fact that Boeing did not dispute the conclusion is not worthless either.

That would be the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board, not the FAA, althoug the FAA would be the one to order the wiring and other aircraft modifications. NTSB also found fault with the FAA which approved the original design.

IIRC, Boeing DID dispute the conclusion, and they may still be disputing it in court for all I know.

[Swordmaker]

"The article fails to mention that after twa 800, the faa found faulty wiring as a cause of explosion in the center fuel tank and further that all wiring in all Boeing 747's be replaced and with new wiring modified to prevent such explosions...And the fact that Boeing did not dispute the conclusion is not worthless either."

That would be the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board, not the FAA...

To further compound the poster's errors that you pointed out is the slightly difficult fact that it didn't happen.

No order to replace "all wiring" in "all Boeing 747s" has been issued. No 747s have been grounded, no "frayed wiring" was found, no Technical orders have been released to correct this "problem", and the one technical order suggested (to fill empty tanks with inert nitrogen) was deemed not economically justified in light of the miniscule risk.

[steve50]

IIRC, Boeing DID dispute the conclusion, and they may still be disputing it in court for all I know.

They didn't seem to be a big rush to fix this design flaw,IIRC.