For the first time, I don't agree fully with you, Brian.
I think calling the discussion SCUTTLEBUTT and GOSSIP is little hard. Those who really do that are journalists (not all)who make little extra money, while the TN guys who were discussing are quite the opposite. I can't see bad guys behind the messages that have passed, but professionel and serious engineers, who try to learn and understand from this sad event. If the correspondens stays within etics and good manner, I can't see why these guys had to be knocked out like that.
Sorry for having another opinion..
/Inge
-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Ellis
Sent: torsdag 4 juni 2009 09:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] Flight 447
I think it ill-becomes any of us to speculate on the cause of this tragic accident or to follow the equally speculative sequence of events.
and especially the implication of it being a European plane. A few years ago, before I retired, I was in contact with experts in both Boeing and Airbus about lead-free reliability. I was informed that they had a common study group and that much of the avionics used was common to both makers. My interlocutors were the Boeing Director of Environmental Affairs and Senior Scientist of International SHEA
Until (if ever) we have facts about this accident, IMHO, we would be wiser to stop the speculation which really amounts to nothing but SCUTTLEBUTT and GOSSIP.
Brian
Ken Bloomquist wrote:
> Hi Genny,
>
> I just read this from the weather site that was mentioned earlier:
>
> Hello Tim, Check out "tin whiskers" in Google Some enlightening
> information there My cousin works for BAE Systems, and has some theories on
> this& His words, "The first aircraft to be 100% completely ROHS compliant.
> (NO LEAD in the solder.) I said it 5 years back.. They could not give me a
> book of unlimited flight coupons on this craft... I'd swap it for a D90.
> :) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/brazil_plane
> Be well!
> Jim H---
>
> The web site where I got this was
> http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/af447/
>
> KennyB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Genny Gibbard [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:44 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Test
>
> So was the Airbus 330 leadfree or not? I was trying to google it and
> wasn't finding any info on that, other than the one comment on that
> link.
>
>
> Genny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
> Sent: June 3, 2009 10:02 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Test
>
> Everyone passed (GRIN). Why I did the test was because I was trying to
> post a message about the AF447 crash and my message kept getting
> kicked back with this:
>
> Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
>
> Subject: [TN] Off-topic Discussion; AF447 Crash
> Sent: 6/3/2009 10:12 AM
>
> The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
>
> [log in to unmask] on 6/3/2009 10:12 AM
> There was a SMTP communication problem with the
> recipient's email server. Please contact your system administrator.
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>
>
> Let's see if I can post it in this reply...
>
> While it may never be known what caused the tragic crash of AF447, it
> raises some real questions about what happened.
>
> Having flown for over 12-years while in the Navy, any big accident
> attracts my attention because of my interest in aviation. I've been
> following this event quite closely to try and learn what might have
> happened, and learned that there have been several incidents involving
> failures of the ADIRU (Air Data Inertial Reference Unit) on A320's,
> other A330's, and 777's that caused the aircraft to depart controlled
> flight. Below is from a link about the AF447 crash that I was reading:
>
> "Air France reported, that they had received an automatic message from
> the airplane reporting an electrical short circuit and the failure of
> multiple systems at 02:14Z. Air Traffic Control as well as Military
> Stations along the Atlantic coast of South America, Africa, Portugal,
> Spain and France have been alerted and attempted to contact the
> airplane without success. Attempts to locate the airplane using civil
> and military radars from both west and east coasts (including France)
> of the Atlantic also proved unsuccessful. The airplane entered service
> in 2005 and had accumulated 18870 flights hours. The captain had 11700
> flight hours, one of the first officers had 3000, the other 6600 flight hours.
>
> Sources within Air France reported, that the automatic message did not
> only report an electrical short circuit, but also the loss of cabin
> pressure. This information has been confirmed by FAB, who also stated,
> that the position of the airplane was given as N3.5777 W30.3744 in
> that message.
>
> New information provided by sources within Air France suggests, that
> the ACARS messages of system failures started to arrive at 02:10Z
> indicating, that the autopilot had disengaged and the fly by wire
> system had changed to alternate law. Between 02:11Z and 02:13Z a
> flurry of messages regarding ADIRU and ISIS faults arrived, at 02:13Z
> PRIM 1 and SEC 1 faults were indicated, at 02:14Z the last message
> received was an advisory regarding cabin vertical speed. That sequence
> of messages could not be independently verified."
>
> Then I was reading the comments this gentleman received after his
> meteorogical analysis of the weather conditions at the time of the
> crash:
>
> http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/af447/
>
> and up popped the topic of lead-free. You'll see that in the comments.
>
>
> Then I found this from an article that Mike Buetow wrote back in 2004:
>
>
> "The sky was the limit for lead-free, literally. Declarations from
> Europe and elsewhere led us to believe that electronics for military
> and aerospace applications would be exempt from bans on lead.
> Suppliers to companies in those sectors were flying high, believing
> that under the EU directives (WEEE and RoHS) they were off the radar.
>
> None of that is stopping Airbus from taking a closer look, querying
> its suppliers on their use of lead and other materials on the EU hit list.
> In a Jan. 9 letter, a copy of which was obtained by PCD&M, Airbus
> France director of procurement quality and supply chain equipment
> Jean-Philippe Bedos explained: "For Airbus, both directives and the
> associated planning are applicable."
>
> By contract, the European airplane consortium prohibits its equipment
> suppliers from using materials "forbidden by national and
> international regulations, or likely to be...." The statement clearly
> implies WEEE and RoHS. With that in mind, Airbus submitted to its
> suppliers a 46-question form asking about lead use. Responses, wrote
> Bedos, will be analyzed by Airbus and "will initiate an exchange and a
> follow up of your process and the possible corrective actions to mitigate the risks."
>
> That's not all. The consortium is also putting the onus for
> end-of-life disposal squarely on its suppliers. In an October
> presentation by Airbus UK's environmental affairs coordinator, a slide
> listing environmental requirements for Airbus' suppliers included this
> statement: "In particular for electrical and electronic equipment,
> supplier responsibility for the elimination of the corresponding waste
> at the end of life of the delivered product including packaging,
> unless otherwise agreed with Airbus." (Ever tried to throw out a
> plane? It's not as easy as it looks.)
>
> For products delivered after July 1, 2006, Airbus is mandating its
> suppliers attest in writing that their products contain no lead,
> cadmium or other substances (including polybrominated biphenyls, or
> PBBs; and polybrominated dephenyl ethers, or PBDEs) banned per the RoHS Directive.
> And if Airbus succumbs, it says here it's only a matter of time until
> Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and the other primes follow.
>
> ...For now, confusion reigns. Will it end before airplane parts rain,
> too?"
>
>
> So, it begs the question; COULD this have something to do with
> lead-free avionics?
>
> Steve
>
> P.S. During my searches, I ran across this. If you're into aviation,
> you'll like it.
>
> http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm
>
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