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BOEING REVIEWS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ON ITS 717 AIRCRAFT.

AsiaPulse News, December, 2004

CANBERRA, Dec 24 Asia Pulse - Airline manufacturer Boeing has been forced to review electrical equipment near toilets on its 717 aircraft following a problem that forced a Jetstar plane into an emergency landing earlier this year.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), in its report into the July 26 incident onboard a Jetstar flight between Brisbane and Hamilton Island, said Boeing was reviewing the placement and design of internal plane phones and even the reliability of the taps in its toilets on Boeing 717s.

Boeing has been forced into the review after a plane carrying 56 people made an emergency landing at Mackay after smoke and fumes were noticed in the plane's passenger section.

Several people were taken to hospital suffering from...

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