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Atlas Air engine that caught in Miami had loose plug, NTSB says
An Atlas Air freighter had an engine inspection four days before an engine fire forced an emergency landing, the NTSB said on Friday. (www.freightwaves.com) 更多...
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Shades of ValuJet. Hire the low bid outside contractor for a better bottom line,until it comes back to bite you. Since it is Miami, I wonder if that contractor is even still around, or if they packed up their tools and moved on.
When I was a young man in the USAF several years ago. The line chief we had while working on the BUFF, told us. You will have a safety person check behind you. Not to say you were doing sloppy work, just a precaution to be sure. Seems that some have forgotten that detail.
I remember one time I have to safety a Left Handed Threaded bold on a Dash 8 Engine... This was one that if you are good at it, it takes 20 minutes... Inspector looked at it, clipped it and said it was safetied Backwards... I told him.. Nope as I handed him the spool of Safety Wire... It is Left Hand Threads! - He was not happy, but he fixed it and I QC'd it for him.
Sorry not even close....
That incident involved emergency oxygen canisters and wheels.
Far from a loose plug.
That incident involved emergency oxygen canisters and wheels.
Far from a loose plug.
Eric, never said it was due to oxygen cylinders. What I was pointing out was low bid, non company contractors in BOTH cases were the problem. In ValuJet case, they failed to insert the pin to prevent the generators from triggering, causing a fire and death. In the 747 case, another low bid contract maintenance firm failed to do the job correctly. When you go cheap, you will end up paying for it in the long run.
It is never about what a thing costs. It is, rather, the value received for that cost that matters.
They say "you get what you pay for" for a reason.
