Any A/G comment on 'Elektron'?

In monitoring ISS air-to-ground and the daily one-hour news media reports,
has anyone noted any mention of performance of the 'Elektron' oxygen
generation system?
It seems it's hiccuping worse than usual.

"Jim Oberg" wrote:
In monitoring ISS air-to-ground and the daily one-hour news media reports,
has anyone noted any mention of performance of the 'Elektron' oxygen
generation system?
It seems it's hiccuping worse than usual.

No, but before midnite PST, I saw a report similar to this AP one:

quote
NASA: Station's Oxygen Generator Fails

Fri Sep 10, 8:49 AM ET

Related News Stories
• No threat of oxygen shortage for ISS crew at ITAR-TASS (Sep
10, 2004)
[...]


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The main oxygen generator for the international
space station has failed, and the two astronauts on board may have to
tap into an attached cargo ship's air supply next week, NASA (news -
web sites) said Thursday.

The space agency said the astronauts had several backup sources of
oxygen and were in no immediate danger.

The generator — a balky Russian unit that keeps breaking down
— stopped working earlier in the week. Normally, air bubbles are
to blame, but this time it appeared there was a blockage in a line.

Commander Gennady Padalka is confident he can clear the blockage and
get the machine running again, said NASA spokesman Rob Navias.
[...]
/quote

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_sc/space_station

Yahoo doesn't show the time the original article posted.

/dps