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Pigs in the dirt..

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  • #2
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,133 ✭✭✭View Profile


    Burying them. Sounds odd. Pity.


  • #3
    Foggy43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭Foggy43


    I think there was mention of Asbestos in some of the aircraft panels so it was the safest way to dispose of them.


  • #4
    CaptainSkidmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭CaptainSkidmark


    why not just safely dispose of the asbestos?


  • #5
    westdub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭westdub


    It would cost more than the scrap value of the aircraft to safely remove the asbestos...thats why they are burying them instead..


  • #6
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    CaptainSkidmark wrote: »
    why not just safely dispose of the asbestos?


    As westdub says above.

    if you watch the video it says the recycling the asbestos would cost double the cost of burial disposal.

    23 being buried and 7 kept for museums.


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  • #7
    Jesus Nut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭Jesus Nut


    Just the other week, they passed the whole carbon tax scam into law and now they are burying the goverment jets! In the words of Alf Stewart," STRIKE THE FLAMIN CROWS"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw-fGLO6T4c


  • #8
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    So what happens when they corrode and disintegrate in the soil? Won't the asbestos get into the water table over time? Or is it even an issue?

    regards
    Stovepipe


  • #9
    vintac34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭vintac34


    Asbestos dust is the real killer! It clogs up the lungs and can cause the big C....When asbestos is being removed from old roofs etc.its sprayed with water to keep down the dust before being wrapped in plastic for disposal..

    IIRC from my wine making days filters containing asbestos were used to clear/polish the said concoction before being bottled..Still around!!

    Disposal is a costly process,remember a fairly recent and unfortunate aircraft fire which had asbestos in the fireproof bulkhead..


  • #10
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Stovepipe wrote: »
    So what happens when they corrode and disintegrate in the soil? Won't the asbestos get into the water table over time? Or is it even an issue?

    regards
    Stovepipe

    I would guess they have sealed them somehow. The TV report mentioned 'bound asbestos', I assume this means it is combined with another material in the wings/fuselage.


    Or the Aussies may be thinking that this is a problem for another generation to worry about..........:eek:


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