WSJ: O-ring failures in HoneyHell engines caused fires in Chinook helicopters. Army had to ground their entire fleet of 400 helicopters.
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@ukz+1iu1NFRh "Routine maintenance." Now those are words I've heard before when Honeywell was using the deflection route for PR purposes. Deny, deny, deny and "routine" are Honeywell standard dodges when they know something is wrong and they didn't catch it - in their attempt to save themselves from embarrassment and the "perception" of incompetence.
Nice to know some things never change.
Boeing stock gets penalized. I think the people who are millionaires should have penalized Honeywell.
I think both companies are at fault. Remember the 787 parts that weren't in specification. Now there's o-rings that aren't in specification. Just because somebody else built the part and it was assembled somewhere else. Doesn't mean you shouldn't have things in place to check if your contractors are following process and keeping the parts in specifications.
Proving Honeywell should be at fault too. Why are they giving the army the right specification? O-rings for free answer is simple there at fault too.
Contract manufacturer direct ship.
Doing this all over aero.
What Honeywell PR groupies aren't talking about is that they supply the parts per their contract. Besides the obvious threat this poses to our national security around the world, this is another clusterf*@k that could have also taken out some of our troops. How will our embassy staff and security forces be evacuated from the Green Zone in Baghdad as they were from Kabul just a year ago?
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Good post -- you got a 2fer! Not only did you attract the usual deflecting HR Trolls, but you also got several bootlickers in that product line's management. In light of the company wide email about keeping your mouth shut there must be a long line winding out of in the management bathroom getting ready for some serious CYA! This reminds me of the time that Hon got caught handing over sensitive data to the Chicoms for a quid pro quo.
Headline should be Army causes Army to ground fleet, but hey all is fair game in layoff and war.
@ukz There will be no speaking the truth in this thread.
You'll get called an HR Troll.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
A Honeywell spokesman said the engine maker worked with the Army to determine that certain components known as O-rings didn’t meet the company’s design specifications. He said the parts were installed during routine maintenance at an Army facility. While he declined to name the company that made the parts, the Honeywell spokesman said the company is working to supply the Army with replacements.
Probably saved a nickel on those vs the ones the engineers required in the design.