Plane in Air Force One fleet was at risk of catching fire

[mfcorey1]

Washington (CNN)Three Boeing mechanics caused $4 million of damage and could have sparked a mid-flight fire while repairing one of the planes in the Air Force One fleet, a federal investigation has found.

The oxygen system aboard one of the two VC-25 aircraft available to President Donald Trump was contaminated while the plane was undergoing maintenance at a Boeing plant in San Antonio, Texas between April 1 and April 10, 2016, according to an incident report released by Air Force investigators this week.

The mechanics "caused the mishap by supplying and using non-oxygen clean tools, parts, components, a regulator, and an unauthorized cleaning procedure while performing oxygen system leak checks," according to the report.
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Tools and components used to repair a plane's oxygen system must be cleaned in a particular way to remove any residue that could react when it comes into contact with oxygen, the report noted.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/boeing-air-force-one-mechanics-contamination/index.html

[heaven05]

1. no comment

[luvMIdog]

2. me too

[titaniumsalute]

3. As much as I hate Trump I'd hate to see AF1 go down...

There are almost 75 to 100 people on each flight for support staff, pilots/engineers, media, military, secret service, etc.

[Liberal In Texas]

4. And in April of 2016 and afterward, Obama was still president

and flying around in these aircraft.

[get the red out]

5. Glad they caught that!

The last thing this country needs is Trump as a martyr with Alex Jones spewing conspiracy theories about such a disaster!