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> You should be very concerned about pieces of metal falling off of planes and going where they shouldn't. What kind of risk are we talking about? When did tha
by wolverine876 3y ago
> You should be very concerned about pieces of metal falling off of planes and going where they shouldn't.
What kind of risk are we talking about? When did that last happen on a commercial airliner? How many people have been injured that I should be 'very concerned'?
- dghlsakjg 3y agoAs I mentioned before the Concorde crash is the most famous example of a piece of FOD from a plane causing a crash. It’s a big enough issue that every airport is required to have a debris management program, and runways and taxiways are regularly swept by specialized equipment. FOD is estimated to be a multibillion dollar problem by more than one study.
- wolverine876 3y agoRight, but I don't need to be 'very concerned'; the airline industry is very effective at preventing it. If I was going to be 'very concerned' about potential risks without considering mitigation, there's fuel tanks exploding, running out of fuel, drunk pilots, hitting mountains, runway collisions, etc. etc. Pieces of FOD don't seem to rate ... My point is about risk, of course. FOD is not an effective risk to me.