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Japan Grounds Fleet of Boeing 787s After Emergency Landing

Posted by Unknown on from the no-fly-list dept.

hcs_$reboot writes "The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has already occupied some of Slashdot news space recently: FAA to investigate the 787 (Jan 11) or 787 catches fire in Boston (Jan 08). Today (Jan 16 JST) another incident happened that led to Japan grounding its entire 787 fleet until an internal investigation gives more information about the problem. A 787 from ANA had a battery problem and smoke was detected in the electronics. The plane had to make an emergency landing and passengers were evacuated. "

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  1. Re:This can't be true by icebike · · Score: 5, Informative

    Second Li-Poly battery total meltdown in as many weeks.

    Boeing had to get the FAA to waive its rules regarding Lithium batteries on planes in order to get this plane certified in the first place, and build containment boxes for the batteries into the design.

    For the most part the risk of Lithium batteries lies in the requirement for rigid control of recharging, being careful not to over charge and also of draining the battery completely, the annoying habit of catching fire when the rules are not followed, or when the battery is short-circuited make large Li batteries (8-gram equivalent lithium content or more) banned in luggage, and shipments.

    I suspect that the FAA will rescind this waiver, and force the replacement of the battery packs with something less prone to burn..

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    Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
  2. I survived. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I flew the 787 from Haneda to Frankfurt two weeks ago, and am happy to report the flight was excellent and as far as I can tell I wasn't killed in a fire.

  3. Re:This can't be true by 0123456 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Somehow I suspect most airlines consider not catching on fire more important than a slight improvement in fuel efficiency. Someone's going to lose a shedload of money if these planes are out of service for long.

  4. Re:This can't be true by Rakishi · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is why pilots don't fuck around with fire warnings:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValuJet_Flight_592
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_797
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_120
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudia_Flight_163
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_991
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_6