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The
A380 Wiring Problem | |
Why
Did Airbus Hit Wiring Turbulence? | |
Jetstream
4100 Total Electrical Failure | |
The
Errant Arcs | |
FAA
Mandates Center Wing Tank Safety | |
Resetting
Tripped Circuit Breakers in Flight | |
The
Case For Wire Replacement | |
A Selection
of Inflight Cabin Fire Imagery (pdf
2.1mb) | |
A Compendium
of Inflight Cabin and Cockpit Fires | |
The
Complete Story on Aircraft Wiring Faults | |
Automating
Wiring Installation in 3D Aircraft Designs | |
Pilots
Learn to Fight Airborne Fires | |
Since
2001, What Progress on the Arc-Fault Detecting Circuit Breaker? | |
Ten
Years after RWA800, FAA wants Wiring "Safer" | |
The
Complete Rewiring of the Kaptonized C2 Greyhound A/C | |
One
Wire Destroys many $35M Jets | |
A Quick
Retrospective on Wiring Faults | |
Shuttle
Sensor Fault Probably due to Introduced Wire Grounding Issues | |
NASA
Scraps Wiring Integrity Checks on Shuttles | |
Revisiting
the IFE Threat | |
A Report
on Aging Wiring | |
Boeing
Reviews the 717's Electricals after an Onboard Fire | |
A New
Wiring Company and a New Type of Aircraft Wiring | |
Honeywell's
Nova Wiring Integrity Program | |
The
Spectre of Uncontrollable Electrical Fire in an Enclosed Space | |
The
Effects of Aging on Aircraft Wiring | |
A 777-200
Aft Toilet Electrical Fire | |
The
ATA Testimony on Wiring | |
The
ARC FAULT Circuit Breaker | |
So
What does FAILING Wiring Look Like anyway? | |
More
British Airways 747 Onboard Fires (18 Aug and 22 Aug 2004) | |
One
Generator Fails and a Russian Heavy Bomber Crew Dies? | |
Hearkening
Back to IASA's VIRGIN BUS Solution (a retrospective) | |
Fuel
Tanks Finally to be Inerted - 7 Years Hence | |
A 1998
Retrospective on Wiring Woes (and the answer) | |
Circuit
Beaker Reset Fires (7 pages) | |
More
on the Real Cause of the Valujet 592 Fire | |
Was
this the Flaw that Really Started the Valujet 592 Fire? | |
Tefzel
Wiring Insulation - Its flaws and an Answer | |
Details
of Airtran 356 (717-200) Cabin Electrical Fire (into LaGuardia) | |
British
Airways 747 Cargo Hold Fire ex Sydney | |
The
Problem of Overloaded and Overheating Wire Conductors | |
Kapton
Wiring - The Silent Menace | |
A Cabin
Fire Story | |
KAPTON
WIRING - The Resurgence of an Old Enemy | |
Tackling
the Aging Aircraft Wiring Risk | |
3 Fires
and/or Smoke Incidents a day in the US | |
A Wiring
Fire Flashback | |
The
AirTran Flight 956 DC-9 Wiring Fire - Atlanta Hartsfield | |
Graphic
Imagery of a 767 Cargo-Hold Fire | |
Killing
the ARC | |
An ATSRAC
Updater - the Business | |
Looks
Like a Classic Wiring Flaw Perhaps? | |
Passenger
Anxieties - What Me Worry? | |
737
Flames in the Cockpit | |
the
Wider Picture of Wiring | |
Rehashing
and Reviewing the Wiring Story | |
The
SFAR Decision for Mandatory Nitrogen Inerting of Fuel Tanks | |
A Boeing
Warning on Fuel Pump Explosions Risks | |
EAPAS?
What's that? | |
Faulty
Fuel Pumps on Boeings - An Explosion Hazard | |
When
is a Fire really a Fire? The BA747 Fire ex Sydney | |
Towards
the "More Electric" Aircraft | |
There's
something cooking in N429FJ. | |
NTSB
ASK for ACTION to avoid a TWA800 Repeat | |
Tripwire
(by POGO) | |
The
Project on Govt Oversight's Report on Faulty Aircraft Wiring (POGO's Tripwire)
| |
AFCI
CB Development Contract Let | |
Aromatic
Polyimides (Kapton) in the ISS | |
So
the International Space Station (ISS)
is also Wired with Kapton? | |
So What
Exactly is Arc Tracking? | |
A Prelude
to Swissair 111? (UAL 965 - Jan 98) | |
Engine
Electrical Harnesses get Protection | |
An Over-Concentration
on Safety is Prohibitively Expensive - FAA | |
The
Airline Pilots Assn (ALPA) on the Question of Wiring | |
MD-11
Airworthiness Directives - electrical MD-11 Airworthiness Directives - electrical | |
Credibility
of the NTSB is Questionable | |
64 cases of wiring problems found on shuttle fleet | |
Boeing
on 747 Classic's Centre Wing-tank Wiring | |
Old
and Dangerous Wiring in Airplanes | |
White
House Group to Study Risks From Aging Wiring | |
Ticking
Faults in Aircraft Wiring | |
Earlier
this year | |
Attachment
2 to 747-SL-20-04s | |
The
Aircraft Ageing Wire Time Bomb | |
Aging
Aircraft and Coming Regulations | |
Aging
Effects on Electrical Systems 1 | |
Aging
Effects on Electrical Systems 2 | |
AIRCRAFT
ACCIDENT REPORT - United Flight 811 | |
Examination
of A320 Damaged Wing Leading Edge Wiring | |
MD-11
Electrical Airworthiness Directives | |
An
Airtrans DC-9 Smoker | |
Airworthiness
Directive 757 wiring | |
ASRS
Home Page | |
NTSB
Identification: ATL88IA147 For details, refer to NTSB microfiche number 36399A
| |
Discrepancies
Discovered in Visual Inspections of Aging Aircraft Electrical Systems - Partial
inspections of electrical wiring system | |
Boeing
747- Inspection OF WIRING ON HIGH TIME AIRPLANES | |
BOEING
PROPRIETARY, CONFIDENTIAL, AND/OR TRADE SECRET | |
MD-11
Electrical Fires | |
Dr
Armin Bruning - Aircraft Wiring Expert | |
AGING
AIRCRAFT | |
Wires
broken at the connector backshell | |
This
connector did have corrosion on the contacts | |
Boeing
does not recommend the use of lacing tape inside sleeving or conduits | |
Here
the wiring damage was readily apparent 1 | |
Here
the wiring damage was readily apparent 2 | |
When
prior wire repairs are found, steps may need to be taken to ensure the damage
is not repeated | |
The
wire bundle crossover points in the wing leading edge can become damaged if they
are not tied securely | |
High-current-carrying
terminations with damage | |
Power
feeders chafing at clamping 1 | |
Power
feeders chafing at clamping 2 | |
Power
feeders chafing at clamping 3 | |
Bent
clamp bracket causing excess wire-bundle length further down the bundle. | |
Caterpillar
grommets or other protective material should be replaced when they fail | |
Sleeving
over splices failed allowing splice corrosion | |
This
reduces the potential for wire-to-wire chafing and bundle interference | |
This
can result in internal connector contamination as the environmental seal is compromised | |
CBC
Transcript on Swissair 111 | |
ATSRAC
and Tripping CB's | |
MD-11
CB Airworthiness Directives | |
MD-11
Arcing Wire-Bundles | |
A
New Approach to Cockpit and Cabin Fire Safety | |
More
MD-11 Wiring AD's | |
Airlines
have ignored the Wiring Problem - Wiring Experts 1 | |
Airlines
have ignored the Wiring Problem - Wiring Experts 2 | |
The
Monarch 757 Wiring Fire 1 | |
THE
1989 FAA / Dingle LETTER IDENTIFYING “KAPTON” IN THIS AD 2 | |
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THE
1989 FAA / Dingle LETTER IDENTIFYING “KAPTON” IN THIS AD 3 |
Feature
Article: Cover Story | |
FAA
Plan Raises "Safety Bar" on Aircraft Wiring | |
MD-11
IFE CB's - Airworthiness Directive | |
MD-11
IFE CB's - Airworthiness Directive | |
Experts
trace tragic arc | |
MD-11
Airworthiness Directives on Wire Chafing 1 | |
MD-11
Airworthiness Directives on Wire Chafing 2 | |
FAA
audit rips Boeing | |
FAA
funds Northwestern research on aging wiring | |
Inspect
wire often or .... | |
Full
Transcript- Fire in the Sky | |
Fuel
tank dangers | |
Fact Sheet: Fuel Tank Inerting | |
Panel
says air fuel-tank measure too expensive - TWA800 | |
While
the walls were open - cable and wire | |
While
the walls were open - cable and wire | |
PAGE
TWO of the Wojnar Letter | |
PAGE
THREE of the Wojnar Letter | |
PAGE
FOUR of the Wojnar Letter | |
PAGE
FIVE of the Wojnar Letter | |
PAGE
SIX of the Wojnar Letter | |
MD-11
Chafed Generator Power Feeder Wiring AD | |
Aging Aircraft In Our Skies | |
MD-11
Airworthiness - Arcing and Overheating on Terminals | |
TWA800
- another Electrical Accident? | |
TS
& T - Policy & Planning - Review of Federal Programs for Wire System Safety | |
The
importance of Aircraft Wiring Insulation Types | |
WHAT IF IT CATCHES ON FIRE?: THE FAA'S INEFFECTUAL STANCE ON POST - CRASH FIRE PREVENTION IN AIRLINE ACCIDENTS | |
More
on Aircraft Wiring Degradation | |
Investigator
Finds Burnt Wires On MD-11 | |
IS
BOEING AWARE? | |
Aircraft
Wiring- It always Cracks | |
In
March 1999 - IASA to make a difference | |
ALPA
Advocates a Virgin Bus | |
Description
of High-Temperature | |
Canadian
TSB baffled by Swissair Crash | |
Aging
Aircraft Wiring | |
IASA
LINKS PAGE | |
FIRE-IN-THE-COCKPIT
LINKS | |
U.S.
Board Seeks Mandatory Repairs to MD-11 Planes | |
Arcing
faults can be a lit fuse, burning along the length of the Aircraft wiring. | |
More
MD-11 Electrical AD's | |
AIRWORTHINESS
DIRECTIVES ISSUED IN 2000 M-Z | |
MD-11
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECKS PROPOSED | |
AA
Orders MD-11 CCUs Deactivated | |
Major
Electrical System Modifications Slated for MD-11 Aircraft | |
Seven
More MD-11 ADs Issued - | |
More
MD-11 Wiring Troubles Revealed | |
Investigators
Admit They May Never Know Precise Cause Of Swissair Tragedy | |
Aging
wire on TWA800 | |
PANORAMA
Program on Aircraft Wiring | |
STATEMENT
OF CAPTAIN PAUL McCARTHY EXECUTIVE AIR SAFETY CHAIRMAN AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION | |
The
shades of Swissair 111 are approaching on the horizon | |
PRuNe
- SMOKE IN THE AIRCRAFT | |
Professor
Cynthia Furse - on Aircraft
Wiring | |
WAIS
Document Retrieval | |
Is
Aircraft circuit-breaker technology keeping up with modern electronics? | |
RAF
Kapton wiring experiences | |
Experience, Testing Show That Kapton Wiring is Safe | |
If
Tempted to Reset Circuit Breakers - Don't! | |
Swissair-spawned
safety group applauds new FAA rule on wiring | |
A
Risk Analysis for a Nervous Passenger | |
One
of the First Kapton Victims | |
MD-11
Seat-wire Chafing | |
The
Space Shuttle Independent Assessment Team Report | |
TWA
crash spurs extensive research into `smart wiring' | |
FAA
Unveils Plan To Enhance Safety of Aging Aircraft Systems | |
MD-11
Wiring Photos | |
a
SAS MD-87 catched Fire | |
NineMSN
Sunday Show Special - a Shooting Script | |
smoke
and fire in the MD-11 main cabin or avionics compartment | |
IASA
Disappointed that No Provision for Performance Tests for Aircraft Wiring | |
Government
Plans to Probe Safety of Aging Wiring | |
The
Undercurrents in WIRE A chronology of Defective Oversight | |
Concerns
about Kapton Wiring Raised Two Decades Ago | |
CNN.com
- US - Upkeep, not age, determines safety of older aircraft, says FAA - May 30, 2000 | |
FAA
addresses wiring issues Agency will order steps to improve aircraft inspections | |
USATODAY.com
News Articles on Aircraft Wiring | |
The
Virgin Bus | |
THE
VIRGIN BUS INDEX | |
FAA
Lagged in Its Response to a Warning | |
Down
to the Wire | |
aircraft
wiring failures | |
Canadian
TSB finds sr111 wiring discrepancies | |
Trouble-Shooting
Wire |
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