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Old 19th June 2014 | 15:20
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AAIB posted a Special bulletin

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...4%20ET-AOP.pdf

It's quite damning to Honeywell - 6 months before they identified an issue in manufacturing the ELTs and changed the process, but haven't recalled the existing ones. As a result there were 28 ELTs (out of 3600) with crossed wires ready to start a fire in an inaccessible area in an airplane
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