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787 Dreamliner On Fire Again
Antipater writes "It looks like there's more trouble afoot for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner: London's Heathrow Airport was shut down for over an hour as fire crews attended to a 'suspected fire' on a Dreamliner owned by Ethiopia Airlines. 'Aerial pictures of the scene on the U.K.'s Sky News showed the new plane — which was not carrying passengers at the time — had been sprayed by foam, but there were no signs of fire. The aircraft was not blocking either runway, but with all the airport's fire crews tackling the Boeing 787 incident, authorities were forced to suspend departures and arrivals because of safety rules.'"
I think he means the airport.
If a single fire means they can't do landings and takeoffs that seems like a poor design. It sounds like an easy thing for trouble makers to exploit
The Li-Ion batteries that have caused the Dreamliner so much trouble are in the lower front part of the plane, below the front doors.
The news pictures show a problem on the upper side near the tail section.
Oh well! That's all right then!
"For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert"
I merely meant that one worker with a smoke bomb now knows he can shut down LHR whenever he thinks it would benefit him or those he allies himself with.
Odds that they didn't install the battery fix?
Nil? Would they be allowed to fly within the EU if they hadn't?
Actually, they are ALSO in the tail.
1. "We Are the World" was recorded 28 years ago.
2. Does American Airlines belong to the Unites States of America?
Yes, it is surprisingly easy to shut down a major airport. They will probably catch you, but it would be an interesting form of non-violent terrorism.
It is really lucky that terrorist organizations aren't very clever.
Dear NSA,
despite the use of the word "terrorism", I have no intention of violating US laws in order to influence US politics. I'm just using what little remains of my first amendment rights to make a political comment on US policies on terrorism.
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. By now you should be smelling the smoke from our burning APU - don't worry; Since the APU only runs on the ground, you are at no risk whatsoever from it."
...Had this been an actual emergency, we would have fled in terror, and you would not have been informed.