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Old 19th Feb 2020, 10:35
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Actually, it's something that has been going on for a lot longer than the above type.

The initial deliveries of the 767 resulted in a lot of fuel pump failures until the problem was traced to swarf in the fuel tanks notably the centre tank. The Boeing reps we worked with at the time, both a credit to Boeing and themselves, really nice people and very professional engineers, were " somewhat scathing " as to the calibre of those recently hired to build the aircraft.

To be fair, Boeing subsequently imposed a far more intensive QC and inspection regime after which, no more fuel pump failures,
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