Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The aft pressure bulkhead is the white circular component; its web-like structure led a NASA technician to attach a large model spider to it for comedic effect. The aft pressure bulkhead or rear pressure bulkhead is the rear component of the pressure seal in all aircraft that cruise in a tropopause zone in the Earth's atmosphere. [ 1 ]
AMES Completes Aft Pressure Bulkhead Replacement on B767F First Project Of Its Kind Ever Performed by Non-OEM Provider WILMINGTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Airborne Maintenance and Engineering ...
The 307's "pressure compartment was from the nose of the aircraft to a pressure bulkhead in the aft just forward of the horizontal stabilizer." [45] World War II era flying helmet and oxygen mask. World War II was a catalyst for aircraft development.
Airline supplier Spirit Aerosystems says it's aware of a quality issue involving elongated fastener holes on the aft pressure bulkhead on certain models of the 737 fuselage it produces. “Boeing ...
Near Aarsele: rear pressure bulkhead failure caused loss of tailplane: 1972-06-12 American Airlines Flight 96: Detroit, Michigan, United States MD DC-10: Design flaw 0 Cargo door locking mechanism failed causing door to separate from the aircraft and causing further damage; landed safely 1973-05-18 Aeroflot Flight 109: Chita, Soviet Union ...
Quality failures mentioned in the suit included mis-drilled holes on the 737 Max aft pressure bulkhead, “a very significant problem” that a Spirit AeroSystems product and process verification ...
On August 12, 1985, Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747-146SR, suffered a rupture of the pressure bulkhead in its tail section, caused by undetected damage during a faulty repair to the rear bulkhead after a tailstrike seven years earlier. Pressurized air subsequently rushed out of the bulkhead and blew off the plane's vertical stabilizer ...
Just last year, Boeing discovered mis-drilled and misaligned holes in the aft pressure bulkhead of the Max, part of the fuselages made by Spirit, that, unless corrected, could cause cracks in the ...