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Feds: Engine from Vegas plane fire to be taken to GE plant
Crash investigators plan to remove and disassemble a General Electric engine that caught fire last week on the British Airways aircraft. (hosted.ap.org) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This is Smart on the part of GE... That way we will NEVER KNOW what actually happened. I wonder how much of a BRIBE they paid the FEDS for this GIFT???
Just for a heads up.. During the entire testing process, the investigators are with them the entire time...Also remember the rudder issue of the 737... Boeing and the Feds worked on that problem and the Boeing engineer pointed out the real problem with the actuator. There is no pay out or bribe in these situations... They want to get this fixed and make sure this does not happen to anyone else. I feel that your comment was in bad taste.
Your tin foil helmet is showing.
Obviously there was a problem with #1 engine. It burped but they have 2 halon extinguishers to put the fire out. It was 103 degrees in LAS. Imagine what the runway temp was. Like I've said before, you abort at V1 and stand on the brakes. Hence, the black smoke and fire wrapping around the fuselage. This is just my opinion but the fire was caused by a "Wheel Well" fire. They blew the tires. Been there. Good job to the crew.
No way.... There were engine parts found on the runway trailing from the time of the abort... This had nothing to do with the wheels or breaks. It was an internal engine break down... Something came apart from the internal core of the engine. That much has been proven. Make note that the engine cowl on the outboard side of the engine is where it had started.... If it had been the tires and breaks the initial problem would have been on the inboard side of the cowlings.
Sparkie- I stand corrected!