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FAA Grounds 787 with Emergency Airworthiness Directive
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the U.S. fleet of Boeing 787 planes to be grounded, citing an incident in Japan earlier today in which one of the jet's batteries emitted smoke. The Japanese report came a week after a similar incident occurred in Boston. (www.npr.org) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Is it true that the 787 has aluminum wiring ?????
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FAA Grounds All Boeing 787 Dreamliners Following Yet Another Failure
After smoke was found pouring into one of its Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” planes yesterday, forcing an emergency landing, Japan’s All Nippon Airways grounded its entire fleet of 787s. Japan’s Transport Ministry referred to this as a “major incident.” Today, the Federal Aviation Administration has decided to ground all 787s in the US–that’d be six of them, all operated by United. The FAA had already begun a full-scale investigation into the safety of the much-maligned 787, which has had more than its share of issues since introduction, but this is a huge move. The problem seems to be with the plane’s lithium ion batteries. We’ll let you know more as soon as we know. [via The Verge]
http://skylifeofficial.com/reality/2013/01/20/faa-grounds-all-boeing-787-dreamliners-following-yet-another-failure/
FAA Grounds All Boeing 787 Dreamliners Following Yet Another Failure
After smoke was found pouring into one of its Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” planes yesterday, forcing an emergency landing, Japan’s All Nippon Airways grounded its entire fleet of 787s. Japan’s Transport Ministry referred to this as a “major incident.” Today, the Federal Aviation Administration has decided to ground all 787s in the US–that’d be six of them, all operated by United. The FAA had already begun a full-scale investigation into the safety of the much-maligned 787, which has had more than its share of issues since introduction, but this is a huge move. The problem seems to be with the plane’s lithium ion batteries. We’ll let you know more as soon as we know. [via The Verge]
http://skylifeofficial.com/reality/2013/01/20/faa-grounds-all-boeing-787-dreamliners-following-yet-another-failure/
The Fire Protection Research Foundation did a study of Lithium batteries in 2011. Check the web site of The National Fire Protection Association for links to the report. Also Aviation International News had a report on the subject last October. Both are worth reading if only to dispel some of the media hyperbole.
Search results on the NFPA website:
http://www.nfpa.org/search.asp?query=lithium+battery&%26lid%3DSearch.x=0&%26lid%3DSearch.y=0
I think the report mentioned was:
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//pdf/research/rflithiumionbatterieshazard.pdf
Aviation International News:
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2012-10-04/lithium-fires-generate-myths-and-misinformation
http://www.nfpa.org/search.asp?query=lithium+battery&%26lid%3DSearch.x=0&%26lid%3DSearch.y=0
I think the report mentioned was:
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//pdf/research/rflithiumionbatterieshazard.pdf
Aviation International News:
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2012-10-04/lithium-fires-generate-myths-and-misinformation
Thanks for posting the links.
That's an awful lot of money to be sitting on the ground. Hopefully, Boeing will come up with a good and safe fix for the 787 and this beautiful aircraft will take to the skies again soon.
According to the BBC, Boeing has now suspended delivery of the 787. This can't help Boeing's reputation which is a shame as the 787 is a beautiful looking aircraft:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21095056
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21095056