Dreamliner: Boeing 787 Aircraft Battery "Not Faulty"

SternisheFan writes "Airline safety inspectors have found no faults with the battery used on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, Japan's transport ministry has said. The battery was initially considered the likely source of problems on 787s owned by two Japanese airlines. The world's entire fleet of 50 787s has been grounded while inspections are carried out. Attention has now shifted to the electrical system that monitors battery voltage, charging and temperature. Transport ministry official Shigeru Takano said 'we have found no major quality or technical problem' with the lithium-ion batteries. Shares in GS Yuasa, which makes the batteries, jumped 5% on the news. 'We are looking into affiliated parts makers,' he said. 'We are looking into possibilities.'"

Comments

Osama Blue Laden

[Tablizer]

It would stop terrorism also: what a bargain!

Re:Oxygen is usually the culprit in most fires

[Russ1642]

Or we could at least let people roll down the windows when there is a fire.

Re:Which way will it go?

[Joce640k]

Do you work for Boeing or something...?

Re:Japanese covering their butts?

[hawguy]

Exactly. I am wondering how many months the planes that have this problem have been in service. Why didn't this overheating problem happened in the earlier months? Testing a new battery will not get you anywhere. Testing an aged one maybe.

You guys should work for Boeing, I bet they never thought about testing used batteries from a different aircraft, or testing other, non-failed, batteries from the problem aircraft.

When they said they ruled out the batteries, they probably just rang up the battery manufacturer and said "Hey, we need to test your batteries, send us a couple new ones. But make sure they are ordinary batteries off the production line, don't spend all night cherry picking the best ones".