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Lean Knowledge Management
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Lean Knowledge Management

by Roger Forsgren
October 2021
Beginner
132 pages
2h 53m
English
Business Expert Press
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APPENDIX B

The Concorde Accident: A Case Study

The Beginning of the End

In July 2000, at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, airline mechanic John Taylor riveted a 17-in. wear strip he had fabricated to a DC-10’s General Electric CF6-50 engine. Taylor had difficulty positioning all the rivets and used aircraft mastic to help hold the wear strip in place.

A wear strip is a piece of sacrificial metal that acts both as a cushion and a tight seal for the engine’s thrust reverser cowling. Replacing a wear strip is routine aircraft maintenance and is not considered a safety issue affecting operation or flight. John Taylor did not follow the manufacturer’s recommendations when he fabricated it and decided to use a piece of titanium, presumably ...

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ISBN: 9781637421345