Lufthansa engineer badly hurt during a wheel change
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1079662_plane_engineer_maimed_in_blast
I wish him well
Rgds Cking
By: steve rowell - 15th November 2008 at 21:10
Work place accidents are inevitable no matter how careful we care
By: Cking - 15th November 2008 at 16:57
I have been told he was changing the wheel.
I was always taught to remove the valve core to deflate the wheel compleatly before removal. When you change a brake you are supposed to defate them to a nominal pressure before removing the wheel. BUT 20-30 PSI will still cause injury. I undo the wheel nut three or four turns and then give the tyre a good thump before removing the nut finally. My thinking is that if the hub tie bolts have fractured and fail at that point the wheel nut will stop the hub flying off. Never had one go on me and never want one either!
Rgds Cking
By: old shape - 14th November 2008 at 16:23
Yeah, best wishes.
Luckily not as serious as it could have been.
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November 14, 2008 at 4:16 pm