Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 4, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december 2000 Canada a9 aviation experts Hope for limits on volatile wiring in planes by Alison Auld Halifax aviation experts Are hop ing new safety recommendations related to Thyl Fedash of Swissair flight 111 will of volatile wiring used in the Bat sources dont expect air lines will be forced to pull the material from ttfett1 a who asked not to be told press that the five expected to be released monday by the transportation safety Bujard Are unlikely to Deal directly with the wiring wirin4has been a Central part of the investigation into the 1998 crash that killed 229 people when the md11 went Down off the coast of Nova de an aviation wiring said its time regulators took Steps to eliminate what he considers a safety such an overhaul would Cost huh dress of millions for airlines and manufacture he investigators have focused on a controversial wire covering known As Aro Matic polyamide or that has been found to Char and is susceptible to the Tab has found evidence a fire developed in the ceiling near flight 111s but Haven discovered the the Agency has also determined that wire covered in Kapton was charred and that there were signs of a phenomenon similar to a Short Sparks can Char the Kapton creating Carbon the Carbon eventually acts As a conductor and the sparking begins tracking along the problem can ultimately Lead to an explosive fire that Burns at incinerating everything in its wiring experts have been pressing the Tab and the Federal aviation administration in the United states to Force the removal of Kapton from claim ing the material poses a major threat to airline observers have speculated that the five Points will include warnings about fire detection and Pilot practices and tests to Check existing the recommendations will be Given to aviation regulators in the and who will then decide if they want to accept them As regulations governing the the Tab has issued several recommendations and advisories As a result of the one of the longest and most expensive in Canadian aviation his one interim safety recommendation dealt with safety deficiencies in metallized insulation blankets on the plane that have been suspected of spreading the Faa responded by issuing a notice that would Force the removal of the blankets from All md11 air Craft within four the Tab has also issued safety notices dealing with an emergency Power sup ply for flight an increase in recording capacity of cockpit voice recorders and the potential source of heat from flight Crew Reading the Tab will also announce monday that the reconstruction phase of the investigation is Canadian press s in effect at these Altona Altona Manitoba Birds Hill Road Burrows Avenue 100 Concordia Avenue h r Winnipeg Manitoba Irby Prav son Jive Grove Winnipeg Elk pea pick up our catalogue of savings at your local Hsu t i 1 by v p direct j ;