Boeing 787 Dreamliner Grounded In US and EU

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 17, 2013 @08:06AM from the michael-crichton-did-it dept.

Some Bitch writes "Following previous stories that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration was to review the safety of the Boeing 787 and that Japan had already grounded their fleet, the FAA has issued an airworthiness directive which has been endorsed around the world with the fleets of all eight airlines flying the 787 now grounded. EADS (the parent company of Airbus) shares were up 3.9% at close of business." General Electric's call for more sifting of more data from more sensors might have some resonance right now within Boeing.

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Re:Boeing Battery pic by mungewell · 2013-01-17 11:24 · Score: 1, Troll

So all in all, yes it looks bad, but in actuality the box did its job!
But the contents of the box is no longer performing it's function... minor as it might be, one presumes that it's not there just for the hell of it. And that's not including the minor inconvience of spewing smoke and scaring the paying customers.