- BE Aerospace
Infobox Company
name = BE Aerospace
type = Public company
genre =
foundation = 1987 as Bach Engineering
founder =
location_city =Wellington, Florida
location_country =United States
location =
locations =
area_served = Global
key_people =
industry =
products = Passenger aircraft cabin fittings
services =
market c
revenue = 1,677 million (2007)
operating_income = 236 million (2007)
net_income = 147 million (2007)
assets =
equity =
owner =
num_employees = 6,298
parent =
divisions = Commercial aircraft, Business jets, Fastener distribution
subsid =
homepage = www.beaerospace.com
footnotes =
intl ="BE Aerospace", Inc. (BEAV) is an
S&P400 andNASDAQ listed manufacturer of aircraft cabin parts, including passenger and crew seats, oxygen delivery systems, kitchens and lavatories for commercial airliners. Based inWellington, Florida , they were capitalized as a $2.3 billion corporation as of 2008. [ [http://www.beaerospace.com/home.nsf/c81051411e101f2285256a8c00535c44/364d099284adafd085256a94005891f7/$FILE/Form%2010-KA%20Feb%2023_2002.pdf SEC 10-K] ] [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:BEAV]Oxygen masks
The
FAA announced on 11 August 2008 that they would investigate why "almost half the masks either did not deploy or failed to provide oxygen" during apan-pan event on American Airlines Flight 31 [Dan Weikel [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-oxygen12-2008aug12,0,6890661.story FAA reviewing reports of malfunctioning oxygen masks on American flight] , "Los Angeles Times", 12 August 2008] The FAA had recently issuedairworthiness directives regarding problems with defective inline flow indicators obstructing the BE Aerospace oxygen masks on several Boeing commercial aircraft models. B/E had identified a repair in February 2006. Boeing then issued a "Special Attention Service Bulletin" to inspect and if necessary repair the masks in April 2007. The directives only require action by April 2013 unless already done. [ [http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/WebSearchDefault?SearchView&Query=Boeing%20AND%20passenger%20AND%20masks%20AND%202008 2008 Passenger oxygen mask airworthiness directives on Boeing aircraft] , USFederal Aviation Administration ]References
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