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Brazil's Jet Junkyards
Brazil's airplane cemeteries are becoming an Olympian problem. Some are blocking expansions to handle planeloads of World Cup and Olympics fans. (online.wsj.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
One of the problems that are created by these overseas dumps is that parts find their way back into the system without the proper inspection process and then put back on aircraft. It has happened from Asian recyclers, my airline discovered some of the parts that had been certified...used...and later found out that the certification was bogus. Corrosion in that humid environment is rampant.
fun to google earth these airports in So America and see all the relics sitting around... try La Paz in Bolivia
Is anyone here that is QC Qualified to do NDT testing on this plane. Not to find out what has corrosion, but what part of it does not have corrosion! :) What a real mess.
Money can be made from recycling old airplanes like these - they have significant scrap value for their raw materials alone.
No wonder they parked them they are rusting, didnt know they were made of steel.LOL Only in a country like that could this happen,courts who do nothing and airplanes rotting away just because the system is so broken.
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The planes shown in the photos are mostly old Boeing 737s, a 727 and one DC-8. The only Embraer shown is a Brasilia, which looks like it has been cannibalized for parts.
Agreed, I'd bet that the aircraft in Kingman or Marana or Victorville would eventually look the same if they were parked in a comparable climate such as Southern Florida.