United Continental Holdings Inc. (
UAL ) said it has found pinched wiring in one Boeing Co. 787 Emergency Location Transmitter as part of Federal Aviation Administration mandated inspections.
The inspections come in the wake of a fire aboard an empty Ethiopian Airlines 787 at Heathrow Airport on July 12. U.K. Investigators recommended inspections as part of its findings.
A spokeswoman for United said inspections of its fleet of six 787s are now completed and the "defective" transmitter has been sent back to supplier Honeywell International Inc. (
HON ) for evaluation.
The spokeswoman said there was no disruption to United's flight schedule as a result of the inspections.
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United Finds Pinched Wiring on Boeing 787 Transmitter
GEEZE- Ethiopia, Japan, United - all finding pinched wiring on ELT ??
maybe from same batch- ??
Or did the faster and cheaper mantra catch up with Honey-bucket er Well ??
Or were they produced on a Monday like De-troit cars- after a hangover ??
And about inspection and Q/C ??