Dear all,
Seen
all the questions circulating on the possibility of DU in the crashed
NY/DC
planes.
In
the past we have received letters from Boeing in which they clearly state
that
DU has not been used in the counterweights of other than the 747
plane.
Only
certain types of the 747 and only the first 551 machines were equiped
with
DU counterweights.
Ronald
J. Hinderberger, director of Air Safety Investigation, wrote on 17
March
1999 to Laka Foundation: "the only applications for DU in Boeing
commercial
airplanes is for balance weights on some 747 and DC-10
airplanes.
DU is not used on any other Boeing commercial jet airplanes."
Today
I called the Boeing Air Safety Investigation and Mr. Dennis Rodriguez
again
confirmed that DU had only been used for the 747's. He said it was
not
possible to use 747 weights in other airplane types. Every
counterweight
is constructed for a certain plane type and not
interchangeable
with other types.
Yours,
Robert
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