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Safety Board Calls for Action On Fuel Tank Inerting

Steve Scott

Monday, July 11th, 2005

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In the 18 months since Marion Blakey, head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), announced that fuel tank inerting would be required for about 3,800 Boeing and Airbus jets, nothing has happened. The initiative remains tied up at the Department of Transportation (DOT). According to DOT's website on significant rulemaking, the initiative is considered "economically significant" and "unanticapated impacts requiring further analysis" are necessary. On the eve of the ninth anniversary of the fuel tank explosion that destroyed TWA Flight…

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