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Why were they able to change the adhesive being used during the rollout (i.e. different to the original one used, that works). This screams of the flammable tap
by _joel 2y ago
Why were they able to change the adhesive being used during the rollout (i.e. different to the original one used, that works). This screams of the flammable tape issue they had in Starliner too. Shoddy QA and procurement process.
- _joel 2y agoTo the downvoters, please explain to me why it's fine to change an adhesive from the original, given the original is fine and the replacement is what lead to this issue.
- 9659 2y agoThe adhesive would be specified on an engineering drawing. The drawing would be used to assemble the plane. You change the adhesive by issuing an Engineering Change Order. This is an engineering approval step. In this situation, the specific adhesive probably was no longer available. Happens all the time.
- _joel 2y agoThey've reverted to the original adhesive, so it must have been available. It says so in the article.