Boeing whistleblower raises doubts over 787 oxygen system

Re:Boeing whistleblower raises doubts over 787 oxygen system by torgian on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @09:29AM (#21462893)

This is one of the reasons we never trimmed the ends of cut wire when we tied bolts down. We just twisted them and bent them inward. No excess cuts needed, and no tiny bits of FOD that you have to dig out.

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Re:Boeing whistleblower raises doubts over 787 oxygen system by gorgoiler on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @10:39AM (#21463570)

What is FOD in this context?

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Re:Boeing whistleblower raises doubts over 787 oxygen system by cartoonworld on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @10:42AM (#21463593)

Foreign Object Debris

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Re:Boeing whistleblower raises doubts over 787 oxygen system by torgian on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @11:52PM (#21470506)

We always called it "Foreign Object Damage" but yeah, "Debris" would technically be more correct.

Gotta keep the FOD out of the aircraft and the flight lines!

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Re:Boeing whistleblower raises doubts over 787 oxygen system by mveety on Thursday November 07, 2019 @09:31PM (#21479523)

Both are kind of correct. If it's laying where it shouldn't be it's debris, but if it's plowed through the windshield it's damage.

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