Boeing Opposing 757 Fuel Tank Wiring Fix by FAA
Airnation.net Newswire
Boeing is opposing a safety mandate by the FAA that calls for a wiring retrofit in the fuel tanks of Boeing 757 cargo jets saying the risk of an explosion is “less than extremely improbable.”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), continuing a stream of safety regulations flowing from the 1996 explosion aboard TWA Flight 800, is proposing fuel-tank wiring retrofits on 352 cargo jets operated in the U.S.
In an unusual standoff, Boeing insists the risk is negligible and is balking at the fix.
It says it won’t design the wiring modification the agency wants installed on in-service 757 cargo planes, instead offering only a more expensive solution.
In turn, industry trade group Airlines for America (A4A) cites the lack of a Boeing wiring design and the cost of the alternative fix as reasons to stall the proposed FAA rule.
The cargo-jet dispute reflects a serious disagreement over the scale of risk involved.
The FAA says the planes have an “unsafe condition” that “could result in fuel-tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane.”
FedEx and UPS are also opposing the fix.
Category: Newswire
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I have to say I agree with BOEING here! DOT Secretary Lahood and Acting FAA Administrator Huerta have no Aviation experience. They are the PR mouth pieces of the FAA Public Relations Department.
I simply ask, when has a Boeing 757 ever had a center fuel tank explosion? or any fuel tank explosion.
It an election year and Boeing is in the news and unfortunately “ACTING” Administrator Huerta is looking for a full time job as “ADMINISTRATOR” and Secretary LaHood is leaving office in January!
Neither LaHood or Huerta care that BOEING can not simply “FIX THE WIRING”
It appears that the aircraft operators will have to foot the bill for this so called fix.
It is interesting that AIRBUS has advised the FAA that they do not have a problem and to “POUND SALT” with any fix as well as installing INERTING SYSTEMS in Airbus aircraft.
What is real here. It has been 16 years since the 800 explosion?
Richard Wyeroski, former FAA Inspector
FAA WHISTLEBLOWERS ALLIANCE MEMBER
‘I simply ask, when has a Boeing 757 ever had a center fuel tank explosion? or any fuel tank explosion.’
That kind of sums it up right there.