December 13, 2006
ONE BIG BOMB:
Giant jet sets off fuel tank concerns (Alan Levin, 12/12/06, USA TODAY)
Federal accident investigators and safety advocates say they are worried that the Airbus A380 double-decker jet will be exempt from new U.S. rules designed to prevent fuel tank explosions like the one that downed TWA Flight 800 in 1996. [...]Posted by Orrin Judd at December 13, 2006 9:52 AMSafety advocates say it's a mistake to exempt the jet from the rules.
"There is no explanation other than it's a stiff arm in the face of safety," says Jim Hall, an aviation lawyer who chaired the NTSB during the TWA investigation.
"It's unfortunate that an aircraft of this size and significance does not have a requirement to eliminate the flammability in the tanks," says Carol Carmody, a former NTSB board member.
All true, but what, no comment from that Mary Schiavo idiot?
Posted by: M. Murcek at December 13, 2006 11:19 AMThat's because this behemoth is designed to be a Third World cattle car, and we all know those people don't care about their own safety, so why should we? It's only because it's aeronautically impossible that it isn't designed to have people hanging out the doors and riding on the roof.
Makes you wonder just how devious those terrorists are... would they actually infiltrate an airline in order to create planes that will blow up all by themselves?
Posted by: Just John at December 13, 2006 1:55 PM