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Amazing...….
“That pin wasn’t through the loop,” he said.
Close-out crews missed spotting the problem because the lines and their connections were tucked away within protective covers. But a review of photos taken during the close-out process, as well as an inspection of the hardware recovered from this week’s test, pinpointed what went wrong, Mulholland said.
He said Boeing’s team have taken “a number of fairly easy steps” to make sure the parachute linkages are secure in the future. For example, engineers will conduct “pull tests” — which sounds as if they’ll be yanking on the lines to make sure they’re properly attached. OMG
“That pin wasn’t through the loop,” he said.
Close-out crews missed spotting the problem because the lines and their connections were tucked away within protective covers. But a review of photos taken during the close-out process, as well as an inspection of the hardware recovered from this week’s test, pinpointed what went wrong, Mulholland said.
He said Boeing’s team have taken “a number of fairly easy steps” to make sure the parachute linkages are secure in the future. For example, engineers will conduct “pull tests” — which sounds as if they’ll be yanking on the lines to make sure they’re properly attached. OMG
