Air Force again halts KC-46 deliveries after more debris found

[rangerrebew]

Air Force again halts KC-46 deliveries after more debris found
By: Stephen Losey   1 day ago


The Air Force has once again halted deliveries of the KC-46 Pegasus tanker from Boeing after more foreign object debris, or FOD, was found in some closed compartments of the aircraft.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson confirmed in a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the budget Tuesday morning that deliveries had been stopped for a second time. Wilson told Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., that the Air Force is putting corrective actions in place, including requiring all closed compartments be inspected, “to make sure that the production line is being run the way that it needs to be run.”

Courtney expressed concern that problems with the KC-46 appear to be getting in the way of the Air Force’s “optimistic projections” about delivery of the aircraft.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/04/02/air-force-again-halts-kc-46-deliveries-after-more-debris-found/

[Smokin Joe]

Sounds like someone needs to see who on the production lines might have a reason to sabotage aircraft going to the US Military (or from Boeing). Reasons could range from laziness and sloppy work to industrial sabotage (a disgruntled employee) to even darker motives (trying to cause problems for mission critical aircraft).

[Idiot]

Sounds like someone needs to see who on the production lines might have a reason to sabotage aircraft going to the US Military (or from Boeing). Reasons could range from laziness and sloppy work to industrial sabotage (a disgruntled employee) to even darker motives (trying to cause problems for mission critical aircraft).

Wouldn't want to be a recent owner of Boeing stock.

[Smokin Joe]

Wouldn't want to be a recent owner of Boeing stock.

As long as you buy it when it's down....it will likely go back up. This is a stretch of rough road, but I don't see them going under.