POGO
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Faulty Aircraft Wiring
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
Tripwired? Document Trail of Faulty Airplane Wiring Demonstrates Need For Comprehensive Review POGO's investigation found that the military has been aware of serious wiring problems on its aircraft since at least the early 1980s, but failed to notify regulators. Furthermore, POGO discovered that wiring experts who tried to blow the whistle on flammable wiring problems were silenced and retaliated against over many years. The miltary's actions left millions of commercial air travelers vulnerable to this deadly problem.
May 11, 1998
