News Heathrow reopens after Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire

[garyw]

It's very ironic that a device meant to help in cases of a serious problem actually caused a serious problem. We also still don't know what tech issue that Thompson 787 had.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

The AAIB Special Bulletin in regard to this incident for people to read here

The interesting bit

Safety Recommendation 2013-016

It is recommended that the Federal Aviation
Administration initiate action for making inert the
Honeywell International RESCU406AFN fixed
Emergency Locator Transmitter system in Boeing 787
aircraft until appropriate airworthiness actions can be
completed.

Safety Recommendation 2013-017

It is recommended that the Federal Aviation
Administration, in association with other regulatory
authorities, conduct a safety review of installations of
Lithium-powered Emergency Locator Transmitter
systems in other aircraft types and, where appropriate,
initiate airworthiness action.

 

[ADSWNJ]

Hmm - Lithium ion batteries again, but not in the main battery banks this time.

 

[MattBaker]

Why again do lithium ion batteries fail in Boeings but in the mobile phones they're functioning nominal for years?

 

[Screamer7]

Why again do lithium ion batteries fail in Boeings but in the mobile phones they're functioning nominal for years?

Very good question.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Why again do lithium ion batteries fail in Boeings but in the mobile phones they're functioning nominal for years?

I believe in another thread there was discussion of heat and air flow at least. (but I can't say that they aren't perhaps also having electrical issues)
As xkcd teaches us, your mobile batteries are very dangerous outside of the right environment.

 

[SiberianTiger]

There's a reason I usually keep out of such discussions, I just love planes too much :lol:. You could get me into any Dreamliner or "unsafe Russian plane" at once.

I know a guy who is an aircraft engineer and works in Moscow branch of Boeing, they are mostly busy with the Dreamliner blueprints, so are you sure you are talking of different things? :rofl:

 

[N_Molson]

you'd fly each one once and throw it in the ocean.

Why not ? :hmm:

Landing would be like :

:bailout::bailout::bailout::bailout::bailout::bailout::bailout::bailout:

:lol:

 

[astrosammy]

I know a guy who is an aircraft engineer and works in Moscow branch of Boeing, they are mostly busy with the Dreamliner blueprints, so are you sure you are talking of different things? :rofl:

Argh, took me a while to understand this one :rofl:

Oh, and mobile phone batteries... :

Incident: REX SF34 near Sydney on Nov 25th 2011, smartphone battery runaway
Incident: Qantas A388 enroute on Nov 11th 2011, iPhone generated heat after being crushed
(Ok, you shouldn't chrush it )
How to fight fires caused by Lithium batteries in portable electronic devices

(and here's a (unrelated) new one for the 787:

Incident: JAL B788 over Hudson Bay on Jul 18th 2013, fuel pump problem)

 

[Notebook]

https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/548ac6d5ed915d4c100002cc/S5-2013_ET-AOP.pdf

Air Accidents Investigations Board preliminary report, bit short...

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