Re: "Qantas plane has history of corrosion"
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Re: "Qantas plane has history of corrosion"         

Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: Stephen James
Date: Jul 27, 2008 02:16

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:39:40 +1000, Pete
wrote:
>Stephen James wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:47:44 +1000, "Kwyjibo"
>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I too have seen some more up to date reports and corrosion has
>>>> been mentioned again. Not in context of the earlier posts though. It
>>>> has been conjectured that corrosion in one (or both) of the cockpit
>>>> crew's emergency oxygen cylinders, which are stored close to where the
>>>> rupture of the pressure hull occurred, may have let loose.
>>>
>>> Could that have been the reason for the recent switch to nitrogen in the
>>> tanks? To prevent oxidisation within the tanks?
>>>
>>
>> Good thing they didn't choose Hydrogen, the flight deck crew would all
>> sound like Mickey Mouse.
>>
>> That's all folks
>> Stephen
>>
>
>I think you mean Helium.
>
>Pete

Persactly Pete, my bad, I blame the pain killers......well that's my
story and I'm sticking to it.
Hydrogen would really put a bang into "explosive decompression"
wouldn't it.

Regards

Stepen (it still hurts nurse) James
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