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.".seriously frightening all two hundred and seventy passengers on board.Fortunately, there were no injuries.""That's right," Burne said."No penetration of the fuse, lady.No injury to anybody.The wing absorbed it—our wing!"".and we are waiting to speak to officials from the airline about this frightening tragedy.More later.Back to you, Ed."The camera cut back to the newsroom, where a sleek anchorman said, "Thank you, Alicia, for that up-to-the-minute report on the shocking explosion at Miami Airport.We'll have more details as they emerge.Now back to our regularly scheduled program."Casey sighed, relieved."I can't believe this horseshitl" Kenny Burne shouted.He turned and stomped out of the room, banging the door behind him."What's his problem?" Richman said."For once, I'd say he's justified," Casey said."The fact is, if there's an engine problem, it's not Norton's fault.""What do you mean? He said he was the consultant—""Look," Casey said."You have to understand: We build airframes.We don't build engines and we don't repair them.We have nothing to do with engines.""Nothing? I hardly think—""Our engines are supplied by other companies—GE, Pratt and Whitney, Rolls-Royce.But reporters never understand that distinction."Richman looked skeptical."It seems like a fine point.""It's nothing of the sort.If your electricity goes out, do you call the gas company? If your tires blow, do you blame the car maker?""Of course not," Richman said, "but it's still your airplane—engines and all.""No, it's not," Casey said."We build the plane, and then install the brand of engine the customer selects.Just the way you can put any one of several brands of tires on your car.But if Michelin makes a batch of bad tires, and they blow out, that's not Ford's fault.If you let your tires go bald and get in an accident, that's not Ford's fault And it's exactly the same with us."Richman was still looking unconvinced."All we can do," Casey said, "is certify that our planes fly safely with the engines we install.But we can't force carriers to maintain those engines properly over the life of the aircraft.That's not our job—and understanding that is fundamental to knowing what actually occurred.The fact is, the reporter got the story backward.""Backward? Why?'"That aircraft had a rotor burst" Casey said."Fan blades broke off the rotor disk and the cowling around the engine didn't contain the fragments.The engine blew because it wasn't correctly maintained.It should never have happened.But our wing absorbed the flying fragments, protecting passengers in the cabin.So the real meaning of this event is that Norton aircraft are so well built that they protected two hundred and seventy passengers from a bad engine.We're actually heroes—but Norton stock will fall tomorrow.And some of the public may be afraid to fly on a Norton aircraft.Is that an appropriate response to what actually happened? No.But it's an appropriate response to what's being reported.That's frustrating for people here.""Well," Richman said, "at least they didn't mention Trans-Pacific."Casey nodded.That had been her first concern, the reason she had rushed across the parking lot to the TV set.She wanted to know if the news reports would link the Miami rotor burst to the TPA in-flight incident the day before.That hadn't happened—at least not yet.But sooner or later, it would."We'll start getting calls now," she said."The cat is out of the bag."HANGAR 59:40 A.M.There were a dozen security guards standing outside Hangar 5, where the Transpacific jet was being inspected.But this was standard procedure whenever a RAMS team from Recovery and Maintenance Services entered the plant.RAMS teams circled the globe, troubleshooting stranded aircraft; they were FAA-licensed to repair them in the field.But since members were chosen for expertise rather than seniority, they were non-union; and there was often friction when they came into the factory.Within the hangar, the Transpacific widebody stood in the glare of halogen lights, nearly hidden behind a gridwork of roll-up scaffolding.Technicians swarmed over every part of the plane.Casey saw Kenny Burne working the engines, cursing his powerplant crew.They had deployed the two thrust reverser sleeves that flared out from the nacelle, and were doing fluorescent and conductivity tests on the curved metal cowls.Ron Smith and the electrical team were standing on a raised platform beneath the midships belly [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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