Flt. 800 Anniversay: Exploding Fuel Tanks STILL In Airline Planes!!!

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Quote of the Week: "Planes would be just flying a couple thousand feet over
the hospital, windows would vibrate, doctors will be operating, patients
will have a lot of noise" from Delaware news story on impacts of FAA
Airspace Redesign Plan

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Exploding Fuel Tanks STILL In Airline Planes!!!

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As Bill Sees It: (Editorial) FAA Has Done Little To Prevent Another Flight
800 Fuel Tank Crash!!! Monday it will be ten years since TWA Flight 800 fuel
tank blew up shortly after it took off from JFK Airport (and over my
house!!!). News stories this week talked about how, because of FAA inaction,
the same thing could happen again. Even though experts have said that a
nitrogen safety system would remove oxygen from fuel tanks and make them
safe from explosion, the airlines are resisting installing them. The FAA,
which has the power to make them do it, has stalled for almost a decade
while the airlines continue to say that it isn't needed. What they are
really saying is that they don't want to spend the money for it. The FAA
says that a fuel tank explosion on a major airline occurs about every 10
years, so I guess we are overdue for the next one.

Airlines Infested With Rodents? While I knew the FAA and airline executives
are rats, I was surprised to see in a story this week that some planes were
found to be infested with mice. I hope they can keep them out of the fuel
tanks.

Exploding Fuel Tanks Still In Planes!!! CNN) -- Ten years after the
explosion of TWA Flight 800, the very problem that led to the disaster still
has not been fully fixed -- despite a warning from the Federal Aviation
Administration that it is "virtually certain to occur" again without
additional safeguards. In fact, the FAA predicts that without its
recommended safety changes four more TWA-type disasters are likely to happen
over the next 50 years. The FAA wants jetliners equipped with a nitrogen
safety system to prevent explosions by removing oxygen from fuel tanks. The
agency would require the new safety system in new planes coming off the
assembly line, as well as the retrofitting of 3,800 large U.S. passenger
jets. (Watch video animation of the in-flight explosion -- 1:10)


Delaware Politicians Protest Increase Noise From Airspace Redesign Plan!!!
RIDLEY PARK -- As county and state officials outlined their efforts to
oppose Federal Aviation Administration plans to increase air traffic with
resulting noise pollution over Delaware County communities, a few town
leaders vowed to spur their residents to action. Ridley Park Mayor Hank
Eberle said officials couldn't have picked a better location than the
Lakeview Elementary School with serene Ridley Lake in the background to
focus on the importance of the quality of life. Eberle, who is on the board
of Taylor Hospital, said, "Planes would be just flying a couple thousand
feet over the hospital, windows would vibrate, doctors will be operating,
patients will have a lot of noise," if the proposed flight paths are
implemented to reduce flight delays. Delaware County Council in a recent
letter to the FAA blasted its draft environmental impact statement, claiming
noise decibel levels in some regions of the county will increase between 600
and 925 percent. Hardest hit will be Ridley Park, part of Prospect Park,
two-thirds of Ridley Township and portions of Swarthmore and Nether
Providence. The largest area of the county, with a population of 304,085,
would be impacted with a 27 to 150 percent increase in decibel levels,
according to the county Planning Department.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?n...&rfi=6Airlines Infested With Rodents? ST. LOUIS, July 12 (UPI) -- Aircraftoverhaulers in Kansas City say an American Airlines Boeing 767 that came infor servicing in April was infested with mice. KSDK-TV in St. Louis said alongtime employee at the overhaul base at Kansas City International Airportcontacted the TV station about the problem. "We had to take the chairs offand that's when everybody saw mice running around on the floor and one randown one of the mechanic's arm," the employee said. The whistleblower saidworkers found nests in air vents and dead mice in emergency oxygen masks.The mice ate insulation and chewed through wires, he alleged. "If theyshorted themselves and caused a fire, it would go through that cabin sofast, we could have lost some lives," he told KSDK. The TV station saidexterminators estimated that anywhere from 900 to 1,000 mice could be on theaircraft. American Airlines disputes that number, saying it found only 17live mice.http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...-9962rArizona: Community Wants Scottsdale Airport To Monitor It's Noise:SCOTTSDALE - After several failed attempts to acquire sound meters,Scottsdale Airport is once again soliciting bids in an effort to satisfysurrounding neighbors. "We had hoped to have the meters by now, but wehaven't got any bids," airport Director Scott Gray said. The city's policyof bidding out new purchases has grounded the airport's quarterly noisemonitoring program. The program was one of the recommendations that came outof a 2005 federally funded study on noise. Gray said the noise meters arenecessary to check the noise contours around the airport to make sureaircraft sound is not increasing. Noise contours are maps showing variouslevels of noise surrounding the airport. The 2005 noise study showed thatthe contours have shrunk. Less noise is wafting toward residentialneighborhoods since the previous study in 1997 despite an increase intakeoffs and landings. Editor's Note: I guess the people who live around theairport don't believe that their noise contours have "shrunk." Could it bepossible that the FAA or airport operator is lying? Maybe they have justupdated their computer noise model.http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...sound0707.html @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Imp ortant Aviation News Stories This Week

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Quote of the Week: "Planes would be just flying a couple thousand feet over
the hospital, windows would vibrate, doctors will be operating, patients
will have a lot of noise" from Delaware news story on impacts of FAA
Airspace Redesign Plan

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Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter
#385.............................................. ....................................July
16, 2006 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/ACNewsmenu.htm The PASSUR airport flight
tracking system at many major U.S. airports http://www.passur.com/sites.htm
(you must have Java installed to view it) Bill Mulcahy

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Exploding Fuel Tanks STILL In Airline Planes!!!



It is cheaper to have a few crashes due to the Fuel Tank problem and to
pay off the families than it is to replace the problem in the entire
fleet!

"chatnoir" wrote in message
oups.com...

It is cheaper to have a few crashes due to the Fuel Tank problem and to
pay off the families than it is to replace the problem in the entire
fleet!

Tell that to the families of the next victimes of an exploding fuel tank on
a airliner.

Free Speaker wrote:
"chatnoir" wrote in message
oups.com...

It is cheaper to have a few crashes due to the Fuel Tank problem and to
pay off the families than it is to replace the problem in the entire
fleet!

Tell that to the families of the next victimes of an exploding fuel tank on
a airliner.

I am sure the Airliner Corporation will handle it well!