And, so if you think about something like the Y2K problem, right, which was that in the year 2000, all the computers were going to think we'd reset time to 1900. And you remember the stories at the time, it was going to be dire. The airplanes were going to drop out...
One way to understand modern jet engines is to compare them with the piston engines used in early airplanes, which are very similar to the ones still used in cars.A piston engine (also called a reciprocating engine, because the pistons move back and forth or "reciprocate") makes its power...
One Rachel resident named Chuck Clark discovered several of the sensors, and at one point the FBI accused him of interfering with signal devices and ordered him to either return a missing sensor or pay a fine. Clark denied taking one but agreed to stop his investigations [source: Braverman]....
As for the future of the Boeing 737 Max 9s, the manufacturer itself is fully in agreement with the FAA's actions. “We agree with and fully support the FAA's decision to require immediate inspections of 737-9 airplanes with the same configuration as the affected airplane,” a Boeing spokes...
To make matters worse, when 737 Max planes were finally cleared to fly in November of 2020, they were grounded again in early 2021 after electrical issues were discovered. In 2021, Boeing was ordered to pay $2.5 billion to settle charges that the company hid issues with...
To make matters worse, when 737 Max planes were finally cleared to fly in November of 2020, they were grounded again in early 2021 after electrical issues were discovered. In 2021, Boeing was ordered to pay $2.5 billion to settle charges...
A series of fires has prompted a complete ban on shipping Li-ion batteries onboard passenger airplanes. Why lithium batteries keep catching fire: The Economist, 27 January 2014. A brief explanation of thermal runaways. Battery that 'charges in seconds': BBC News, 11 March 2009. How a new ...
If you’re like Lisa, who worked in management for Eastman Kodak, you can write about things like nondestructive test film that can identify weaknesses in ship hulls, airplanes, and marble statues… or ESTAR film technology used for printing on microwaves, dishwashers, and the like… Even if...
We always want to compare future airplanes to the snapshot we made previously: Here, we change the engine type from turbofan to turboprop, just to test how it works. Since the new engine no longer matches our snapshot, the test fails. We get a report and our engineers are on their way...
To make matters worse, when 737 Max planes were finally cleared to fly in November of 2020, they were grounded again in early 2021 after electrical issues were discovered. In 2021, Boeing was ordered to pay $2.5 billion to settle charges...