From: James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Date: Sun May 26 2002 - 01:04:25 MDT
On 5/25/02 10:29 PM, "spike66" <spike66@attbi.com> wrote:
> If this latest 747 crash turns out to be another flight 800-like
> fuel tank explosion, the old Boeing boys have a real problem
> on their hands. Not much chance of blaming an errant missile
> this time.
The situation with the spate of Boeing crashes related to the same
subsystems is pretty curious if you look into it. Most of the airframe
designs that have been crashing (like TWA 800) have had decades of
essentially flawless service i.e. these are thoroughly proven system
designs.
What makes the story interesting, and what many people don't know, is that
there is an ongoing FBI investigation into the apparent fact that Boeing has
been the victim of industrial sabotage. I don't know the details of this,
but I do know that the FBI has been investigating the intentional sabotage
of parts both within their own manufacturing facilities and in their
distribution chain, including some parts that have been implicated in some
rather spectacular failures. Mind you, this type of crap is not exactly
unprecedented. My guess would be that it is a campaign being conducted by a
government associated with Airbus (the separation between government and
industry being very fuzzy in most of Europe). It could very well be a
random accident, but if it was anything else, this is what I would guess.
Again, the only reason I'm guessing that this is a likely scenario is that
1) this type of sabotage between European and American business is not even
remotely unprecedented, 2) many of the Boeing airframes that are currently
having "problems" are old and proven systems, and 3) the US government has
an ongoing investigation into the apparent intentional sabotage of Boeing
parts at a couple different points in the supply chain with some indication
that foreign governments are involved.
Another fine day on planet Earth,
-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com
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