By: Bhoy - 19th January 2004 at 11:12
didn’t see the programme either, and not about to start moaning about FOCA (Federal Office of Civil Aviation [in der Schweiz]), but the whole IFE thing was fitted according to FAA rules, by Douglas themselves.
see also http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/media/fact_sheets/A98H0003/execsummary_a98h0003.asp
By: wysiwyg - 14th January 2004 at 09:35
Purely personal opinion here (and I didn’t see the program)…Swissair has never really had to answer to anyone as they effectively are the Swiss CAA. Independence from the JAA allows them to do more or less what they like. If they want to change from the manufacturers recommended operation there’s no one to really stop them.
By: greekdude1 - 14th January 2004 at 05:42
That’s the same program that I saw. I agree that those SwissAir pilots spoke great American English. 😉
By: mongu - 13th January 2004 at 23:47
Good programme, although do Swissair pilots really have American accents? :rolleyes:
For those who missed it, the finding of the programme was essentially that faulty wiring caused some electrical arcing in the roof, behind the first officer. There was speculation that the 1st class IFE system may have generated too much heat, making it worse.
The arcing set fire to a poly-something insulation, which padded the aircraft skin.
Such insulations are banned by the FAA as a result, with effect from 2005.
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January 13, 2004 at 8:22 pm