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by **Dash8captain** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:11 am

News Here, cant imagine Boeing will be to happy

by **cowpatz** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:27 am

It is worth keeping in mind that the FAA certified these 'firecrackers' with 240 min ETOPs out of the box. Absolute madness given all the new and unproven technology employed on this aircraft.
The electrical loads on this aircraft are huge (hence the Lithium batteries). That in itself causes me some concern. Electrical faults, as we have seen with this aircraft, are the greatest source of onboard fires.
Give me hydraulics and pneumatics any day.

by **jastheace** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:46 am

hell i don't fully trust my rc lithium batteries, looks like Boeing are going to have to do some more work, if it was indeed the batteries that caused this one again, all though looking at where the fire was it seems to be from the rear of the ac, no batteries there i don't think. i have noticed that airbus are going with proven batteries for its a350, will be interesting to see what the results are on this one. that 787 will be off line for quite some time, may even be scrapped, as the fire has almost burnt through the fuselage at the tail

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:55 pm

Please Please , will the madness never stop ... already a well known problem , look at the airline .. I do recall a bunch of .. Hmmmmm not to be said A340 drivers taking all the safety and stopgap measures out ...... i'd be looking there first !

by **benwynn** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:30 pm

Before jumping to conclusions about the battery, there is some rumour that it may have been caused by some galley equipment being left running after the aircraft had been parked hours earlier.

by **cowpatz** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:45 pm

Probably not battery related at all. The APU battery is located at the rear but I believe it is under the floor.

by **jastheace** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:18 pm

never said it was batteries at fault, seen that some people reckon that a coffee boiler was left on and boiled dry, thermal cut out failed, and it caught fire, again will be interesting to see what the report says.

on other 787 news the Thompson 787 returned due to all but two toilets not working, some have suggested an electrical issue, are the toilets electrically powered on the 787? see here Boeing do seem to have a few electrical issues on the electric jet, i guess to be expected.

Jason

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