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Chinook Production to Resume

This article first appeared at Aerospace Daily & Defense Report.

Boeing plans to cautiously restart the CH-47 Chinook helicopter production line May 15, after shutting it down May 13 following the discovery of what the company is calling irregularities in two aircraft.

Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), whose district includes the Chinook plant, said he learned of severed wires on one of the CH-47s and a suspicious washer in a subsystem of the second aircraft. "After having several briefings [on the matter], I think there's a low probability this wasn't deliberate," Sestak said. "But it's not out of the question that it's the result of an accident."

Operations were suspended on the primary and final assembly segments of the line, and the investigation is focusing on subassemblies and structure modifications, according to Boeing officials (Aerospace DAILY, May 14). Second- and third-shift workers discovered the problems May 13 and helped inspect the additional helicopters on the line to determine if the irregularities were more widespread. The other six helicopters did not appear to have any problems.

Company procedure requires any issues to be reported to the Defense Contract Management Agency, which has numerous representatives placed on-site. The agency then passes its findings on to the Defense Criminal Investigation Service, which, despite its name, does not imply criminal activity, a Boeing official said. "But that has yet to be determined," the official said.
"They found it like they should have found it," Sestak told Aerospace DAILY. "The system worked. Now we have to figure out how and why it happened."

-- Aviation Week

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Posted by: aoc gold at August 19, 2008 03:33 AM

Well its official folks - sabotage:

RIDLEY PARK, Pa. - May 20, 2008 (WPVI) -- Authorities have arrested one alleged saboteur at Ridley Park's Boeing plant, and are still seeking another.
Federal investigators charged assembly line worker Matthew Kevin Montgomery, 33, of Trevose, with vandalizing a military helicopter. They say he cut a bundle of about 70 electrical electrical wires during his last shift on the CH-47 Chinook helicopter line. A regular inspection turned up the production flaw on May 12th.
The chief federal prosecutor says Montgomery's motive may have been because he didn't want to change jobs. He was assigned to transfer to another aircraft line, the V-22 Osprey, in another building. Authorities say Montgomery had worked at the Boeing plant for about 18 months before his arrest late Monday, nine days after the CH-47 Chinook aircraft was disabled.
"For whatever reason, that was personal to him, the issue of his employment on that line and some sense of appreciation, or lack of appreciation, for the job that he thought he was doing seemed to be something that may have motivated him to act out the way he did," said U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan. (story at website)

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6153840

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Posted by: aoc gold at May 20, 2008 08:46 PM

Here is a slightly off-topic question,why doesn't the army either contract with or buy back from Erickson Air-Crane use of their upgraded CH-54 Tarhe Skycrane? I know that people on this blog have a total aversion to "re-cycling" older weapon systems.The Sky-Crane can both supplement the CH-47 Chinook & carry equipment too heavy for the Chinook to places unreachable for CH-130s or other heavy lift aircraft.I have not seen anything that we have that can replace the CH-54 Skycrane that we "retired" in the early 90s.I've seen drawings & scale models of ideas,but nothing concrete.Did the Military-Industrial Complex "retire" the Skycrane so that they could "suddenly" discover a need for such an aircraft & extort more money from us tax payers for another "new aircraft scam?"

Posted by: Roy Smith at May 18, 2008 01:21 PM

Most likely possibility: Apprentice electrician screwed up with the wire crimper.

Next most likely possibility: disgruntled employee with a grudge against management.

Unlikely: terrorism

Posted by: Rix at May 18, 2008 02:28 AM

The phrasing of the press release and the nature of the defects found:

>severed wires on one of the CH-47s and a suspicious
>washer in a subsystem of the second aircraft.

and the fact that Defense Criminal Investigation Service was immediately involved strongly suggest deliberate sabotage.

What is missing here is motive.

Make no projections as to what is going on until that is known.

We know the "what" and perhaps the "where and "when."

The "who" and "how" are on the table.

What to listen for in this story:

1) The sabotaged wires will have tool marks.

It is likely all the wire cutting and crimping tools at this Boeing plant were tested during the down time to create a forensic finger print data base to match up with the sabotaged wires.

If none of the tool marks match and tools are missing, that too will be a line of investigation.

2) The washers may have forensic value as well in terms of finger prints, oils and other residue.

Listen for large number of people getting sampled or finger printed.

3) Expect rumors of recently fired or disciplined disgruntled workers will show up regardless of the truth before long.

Posted by: Trent Telenko at May 16, 2008 06:06 PM

"I think there's a low probability this wasn't deliberate"...?!

I can't not say that it doesn't perhaps sound like there might never have not been any espionage that may or may not have played a role in this situation.

Posted by: Nunya at May 16, 2008 03:02 PM

Going to have to disagree with you on that one, seeker. Why would Boieng lie about their aircraft being sabotaged and shut their production line down, when they are in the middle of the CSARX re-competition offering the same airframe. Any major problem in the Chinook production line could have potentially major consequences to Boeing winning the CSARX competition, and given their recent string of defeats, that would be devestating for the company.

Posted by: knight711 at May 16, 2008 01:48 PM

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Posted by: C4Casey at May 16, 2008 01:46 PM

Aaaah, I see. The Dems are racing towards a huge win in November, the free cash ride that the defence contractors had under eight years of Bush and a pointless war in Iraq now looks to end. (When is uncertain, naturally, but a scale-down is inevitable.) The boogiemen stories that the GOP have used to win elections since 9/11 (orange alert!) don't see to work any more. So what happens? Mysteeeeeeeeeeeeerious sabotage at a defence contractor! The enemy within!

Sorry, but I'm a gonna call bullshit on this one. I think that former VAdm Sestak should take a much closer look at what they're telling him. I don't think that a company that stands to make many millions on a contract is above lying its ass off to protect its interests.

Posted by: seeker6079 at May 16, 2008 09:31 AM

Chinook Production to Resume

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