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Posted on 09/18/2007 9:32:06 AM PDT by Abathar
A former senior aerospace engineer at Boeing's Phantom Works research unit, fired last year under disputed circumstances, is going public with concerns that the new 787 Dreamliner is unsafe.
Forty-six-year veteran Vince Weldon contends that in a crash landing that would be survivable in a metal airplane, the new jet's innovative composite plastic materials will shatter too easily and burn with toxic fumes. He backs up his views with e-mails from engineering colleagues at Boeing and claims the company isn't doing enough to test the plane's crashworthiness.
Boeing vigorously denies Weldon's assertions, saying the questions he raised internally were addressed to the satisfaction of its technical experts.
Weldon's allegations will be aired tonight by Dan Rather, the former CBS News anchor, on his weekly investigative show on cable channel HDNet.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
Anyone know who has the aerospace pinglist?
Sure Dan... I believe you! You’ve always told me the truth before. Boeing is paying the FAA off so they don’t have to test the crash worthiness of the 787 right?. Did this engineer get a job at Airbust?
If he is going to Gunga Dan, you can be sure it will be a pile of feces.
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