Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Valuejet's maintenance practices were probably typical of the industry, but the cause of that smoking hole in the swamp was improperly shipped O2 generators...IIRC they were loaded on the aircraft by the station pesonnel. Or did contract Mx load the candles by obtaining unauthorized access to a 121 airplane without the station manager's knowledge?
They weren't improperly loaded, they were improperly
prepared for shipment...caps over the firing pins were never put on. Can't blame Joe Ramper for that. Was it MX that prepared them?? I'm not sure.