Last Minute...you are probably right.
The fire chief that attended the incident - and the FAA inspectors that were alerted on the Saturday morning, about the incident the night before, were wrong.
I was, personally, working with the fire chief and the FAA on the Saturday morning - and was tasked, by the FAA, to inform the two inspectors involved - when they arrived on site - that they had to go directly to Sanford, to attend the 767 that had blown a tire the night before.
I would also think - that to a non aviation person - any hole between what we know as the leading edge and the trailing edge, is a hole in the wing.
The reports were given by a passenger and a fireman. It may be a little unfair to call a Sanford based fireman "a non aviation person", but you have proven yourself to be playing with pedantics.
An air conditioning unit is a "cooling fan"...isn't it??
Last edited by GoneWest; 27th May 2002 at 21:22.