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Boeing Dreamliner Catches Fire In Boston

Posted by timothy on from the but-it's-not-even-warm-in-boston dept.

19061969 writes "The BBC reports that a Boeing 787 Dreamliner caught fire in Boston. Carter Leake, an analyst at BB&T Capital Markets in Virginia, said, 'I don't want to be an alarmist, but onboard fires on airplanes are as bad as it gets.' This represents bad news for Boeing especially after the FAA identified errors in the assembly of fuel line couplings in the Dreamliner."

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  1. Lithium ion battery by Dan+East · · Score: 5, Informative

    It was one of the two large lithium ion battery packs the power the plane when the engines are off. The FCC and pilots were already concerned about the use of lithium ion batteries for this purpose (apparently it's a first), and they issued special regulations just for this plane.

    Also the only person on board when this happened was a mechanic (which is probably a good thing at least someone was able to spot the smoke right away).

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  2. Re:MSM Strikes Again by Dupple · · Score: 5, Informative

    From TFA

    "The fire started after a battery in the jet's auxiliary power system overheated."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20942484

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