Word: werjefelt
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Dates: during 1997-1997
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...Bert Werjefelt, an inventor of certified aviation safety equipment who performed his own investigation, tells TIME Daily that faulty wiring caused the blaze. And he believes old wiring puts as many as 2,000 similar commercial planes at risk...
...inventor presented his findings to NTSB technical staffers last Friday. But the information was rejected ? even though it was backed up by Vernon Gross, a former NTSB board member who also believes the ValuJet crash was caused by an electrical fire. Werjefelt says the industry has lobbied against his recommendation to replace aging wires. "Replacing that wiring would cost airlines about as much as it would for them to buy new planes," says Werjefelt...
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