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Sam Chui - Foreign objects found in 737-MAX fuel tanks - nooooooo! haha
Can this be true? New info? I have no idea!
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CarolW
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FWIW, corroborated by a bunch of other news sources.
Perhaps it's time to consider replacing Boeing with a company that knows how to design and build aircraft?
Kidding aside, I wonder if you did a close inspection on 100 random airliners that are currently in service, how many you'd find with more than zero foreign objects of any kind (I'm talking even grains of sand) in fuel tanks. I wonder if it's more common than those news reports imply.Be alert! America needs more lerts.
Eric Law -
Stuff has been found in airplanes' fuel tanks during scheduled inspection. And that generally is big stuff like tools, because small stuff (small stones, pieces of tape or fabric, shavings, etc) end up going to and being found in the fuel filters.
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Ha! What a thought!Originally posted by elaw View PostFWIW, corroborated by a bunch of other news sources.
Perhaps it's time to consider replacing Boeing with a company that knows how to design and build aircraft?
And there's a scary thought! Maybe a wing wiggle-waggle while listening for sliding objects would be in order in mid-flight.Originally posted by elaw;
Send the first officer out onto the wings with a stethoscope; wiggle, waggle - perhaps a safety harness too. Wiggle waggle. 
Afterthought: Come to think of it, I might serve to inspect wing-sounds; like those fighter jets used for special inspections.
Loose screws and all.
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