Cathay Pacific’s Empty Oxygen Bottles
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Cathay Pacific’s Empty Oxygen Bottles
three possibilities:
- Someone is that furious at China (and the ousting of CX management) that they're willing to sabotage a plane
- China is spreading fake news (actually, belay that - the original source is the SCMP, nothing daft) or even sabotaging the planes to discredit HK
- something random that happened to do its random thing now.
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4. Mechanical issue with the bottles or aircraft. We had a run of HUEBA bottles spontaneously emptying back in the 90s that turned out to be rust around an o-ring breaking the seal and allowing the bottles to discharge.
Sabotage of aircraft is easy for a disgruntled employee.
Two cases where I was employed, so there must be many more. (It wasn't me!)
1. Many years ago a guy that was about to be sacked, loosened all the fasteners that held the black boxes in the radio rack of a BAC 1-11. Several days later the aircraft had a series of unrelated failures and the problem was found.
2. Someone with a grudge cut some wiring on an A300 that was undergoing a "C" check. Some problems were only found during a test flight.
How do you prevent it?
Two cases where I was employed, so there must be many more. (It wasn't me!)
1. Many years ago a guy that was about to be sacked, loosened all the fasteners that held the black boxes in the radio rack of a BAC 1-11. Several days later the aircraft had a series of unrelated failures and the problem was found.
2. Someone with a grudge cut some wiring on an A300 that was undergoing a "C" check. Some problems were only found during a test flight.
How do you prevent it?
