TD, on second thoughts, perhaps there has been other incidents between the XV227 event and the crash of XV230 that as yet have got to come out in the wash. Lets face it, to be able to give the go ahead to fly, within 48 hrs after a visual inspection, tends to suggset the "authorities" knew what to look for. As one "current" operator reported to me "Within hours of the accident, most of the possible factors (fuel pipes, tanks, and various hot pipes), were identified and taken out of service, pending the BOI report". Even Exriggers posting suports this point of view by stating that the area of the possible fuel leak and ignition were ascertained and isolated, pending BOI report.
Now you can not take that sort of action unless you have kown indicators.
DV
Last edited by Distant Voice; 13th Aug 2007 at 08:52.