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I admit that I glossed over the section on the machining of the oil pipe, but the facility appears to bear most of the blame. These were pulled and scrapped fr
by chasil 1mo ago
I admit that I glossed over the section on the machining of the oil pipe, but the facility appears to bear most of the blame.
These were pulled and scrapped from the whole A380 fleet.
"Investigators also criticized the culture within the Hucknall facility that manufactured the HP/IP bearing hubs, identifying signs of complacency and widespread procedural non-compliance. A paperwork review showed that the required signatures were missing from 131 out of 138 retrospective concessions issued between 2009 and 2011, and a large number of minor non-conformances had not been properly handled through the normal chain of command."
- jacquesm 1mo agoThat's an oversight failure as much as a failure of that plant.
- NetMageSCW 1mo agoThe oversight was at the plant.
- jacquesm 1mo agoYes, but there are levels of oversight and this kind of thing should not be possible to hide. Someone on the official side of this messed up as well.
- redsocksfan45 1mo ago[dead]