BLUE ICE
Joined: Mar 2000
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From: Bothell WA
Should not be much of a problem for the 737. The big problem is with 727. The Blue water can go right in the number 3 engine. There have been problems with blue ice ingestion causing failure of the number 3 engine in which 2 incidents resulted with the engine coming off the aircraft.
When I was flight engineer for Pan Am, I saw a few 727's that were leaking blue. There was a blue streak from the forward lav access panel going up and down along the windows and right into the engine.
When I was flight engineer for Pan Am, I saw a few 727's that were leaking blue. There was a blue streak from the forward lav access panel going up and down along the windows and right into the engine.
Joined: Jan 1999
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From: north of barlu
On the first A320 aircraft one of the servicing panels was at the front FWD and below the LH FWD main entry door.......one night i went out to fix a dump valve that was leaking after a lot of flushing and cleaning we got it to seal and with no more leakage evident after 4 hours i put pen to paper and let the thing go flying with the results posted above.
I suspect that these aircraft were the last to be fitted with the indivdual tanks and due to a change in heath and safety regulations all aircraft now have the air driven waist system.
I suspect that these aircraft were the last to be fitted with the indivdual tanks and due to a change in heath and safety regulations all aircraft now have the air driven waist system.
