Transcript of Hearing 12/12/97 - TWA Flight 800 Investigation

125112This remains an important concept, but whatwe are proposing now is that we move towards driving3both of these terms to zero,which obviously enhances45the opportunity to get a one out of the Flight Safetynumber.6But,I think we want to be careful that we7don’t look at this as a swap of philosophies.In other8words,I don’t want to do away with the approach of9eliminating ignition sources.I have got to have a10fuel tank with no ignition sources in it, even if I11inert the tank because,depending on the design, I12131415161718don’t know if my inerting system is going to be with meall the time, or not.What is even more important is that a similardamage mechanism may attack other vulnerabilities, andone of the things that I think we may have forgottenhere is that due to the outstanding work, for therecord, that Mr. Swaim has done in investigating19aircraft wiring,we may have identified a damage202122232425mechanism that can do me a lot of damage in a number ofother ways besides exposing an ullage. So, that damagemechanism becomes very interesting in and of itself.Reducing that susceptibility has to remainprimary because of the capability of that damagemechanism to influence other vulnerabilities, and thenCAPITAL HILL REPORTING, INC.(202) 466-9500