Ethiopian 787 Dreamliner Caught Fire in Heathrow

[Naim 6]

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[alberttky 0]

Boeing Switches To Repair Mode After 787 Fire

 

As investigations continue into the transmitter fire which severely damaged an Ethiopian Airlines 787 at London Heathrow Airport July 12, Boeing is gearing up for the most challenging aircraft repair and recovery operation it has yet faced on the new twinjet—and perhaps one of the most complex ever undertaken on a commercial composite aerostructure.

 

Continue reading at http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_07_22_2013_p22-598174.xml&p=1

[BC Tam 2]

Meaning to say this is even more serious than the battery problem that grounded everything ?

[alberttky 0]

Wondering if they've repaired the JAL 787 that caught fire in Boston...

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

Meaning to say this is even more serious than the battery problem that grounded everything ?

I think what the article means that this will be the first test of the repairability aspect of the carbon fibre fuselage barrel, which is pretty big.

 

I don't think the JAL Boston fire breached the fuselage.

Edited July 25, 2013 by Mohd Suhaimi Fariz

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Ana Says It Found Damaged Wire in Boeing 787 Beacon

 

United Airlines found a pinched wire in an emergency beacon on one of its Boeing Co. (BA) 787s, making it at least the second carrier to discover such a fault in the component linked to this month’s fire in a parked Dreamliner.

 

The emergency locator transmitter was replaced and returned to manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. (HON) for evaluation, Christen David, a spokeswoman for Chicago-based United, said in an e-mail. ANA Holdings Inc. (9202) said earlier that it discovered a damaged wire on a 787 flown in Japan.

 

The airlines’ discoveries may intensify the focus of investigators trying to determine whether two wires smashed under a cover on the ELT caused a short-circuit that triggered the blaze on an Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise 787 at London’s Heathrow airport, according to a person familiar with the probe.

 

ANA also found a dented wire in a separate portable beacon and is sending the equipment to Honyewell for checks, Megumi Tezuka, an airline spokeswoman, said yesterday by telephone in Tokyo. The carrier has removed all beacons from the eight 787s it uses on domestic routes, she said.

 

Japan’s largest airline is continuing normal operations of its 12 Dreamliners flying on international routes after completing checks on their beacons, which are used to help rescuers locate an aircraft in the event of a crash.

 

The fire in the transmitter, which runs off a lithium battery, renewed concern that the 787 was at risk from electrical faults after two meltdowns in a different type of lithium battery in January. Those incidents, involving batteries that are part of the plane’s power system, spurred a three-month grounding of the global Dreamliner fleet to fix the flaw.

 

Full report: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-26/ana-says-it-found-damaged-wire-in-boeing-787-beacon.html

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FAA Mandates Inspection Or Removal Of Honeywell ELTs From Boeing 787s

 

The FAA on Friday will publish a directive giving Boeing 787 operators 10 days to inspect Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) or remove them from service.

The agency’s airworthiness directive (AD), triggered by the July 12 fire on an Ethiopian Airlines 787 at London Heathrow Airport, orders checks of the ELT, its lithium-manganese-dioxide battery and “associated wiring” for “discrepancies.”

In a statement last week, the FAA said the checks would look for proper wire routing and any signs of wire damage or “pinching,” as well as “unusual” signs of heating or moisture in the ELT battery compartment.

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/avd_07_26_2013_p01-01-600834.xml

[amanairways 0]

Looks like its just Ethiopian , but a host of others too..

 

http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2013/07/27/Qatar-Grounds-A-787-As-Glitches-Pile-Up-On-Boeing-Jet.aspx

 

Looks like . MADE IN THE USA ...... IS CRAP !

Even. ASSEMBLIED IN THE USA IS CRAP TOO !

[Alif A. F. 0]

Looks like its just Ethiopian , but a host of others too..

 

http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2013/07/27/Qatar-Grounds-A-787-As-Glitches-Pile-Up-On-Boeing-Jet.aspx

 

Looks like . MADE IN THE USA ...... IS CRAP !

Even. ASSEMBLIED IN THE USA IS CRAP TOO !

 

Don't be too judgmental. Some parts of Boeing 787 is made by Honeywell factory here in Penang.

[BC Tam 2]

 

Boeing requests worldwide inspection of aircraft

Boeing has requested airlines to carry out inspections of a transmitter used to locate aircraft after a crash.

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Boeing said it had asked operators of 717, Next-Generation 737, 747-400, 767 and 777 airplanes to inspect aircraft.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23486472

 

Ouch !!

Now, unless those ELTs are specifically built for Boeing, shouldn't Airbus be making similar request of their operators too ?

Edited July 29, 2013 by BC Tam

[JuliusWong 0]

Hopefully the new B787-9 will overshadow all the minor and major incidents of her sibling.....Fingers crossed!

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[KK Lee 5]

The battery fire that led to the grounding of Boeing Co. (BA)’s 787 Dreamliner jets for more than three months last year was caused by inadequate design and testing, investigators concluded.

Boeing had certified that overheating in one cell of the lithium-ion battery couldn’t spread to others and the Federal Aviation Administration approved the design and testing. The National Transportation Safety Board faulted both in a final report for not anticipating how the power packs might fail, and cited battery maker GS Yuasa Corp. (6674) for poor manufacturing.

The findings bring to a close the probe into events that triggered the longest grounding of a large commercial aircraft by U.S. regulators since jets were introduced in the 1950s. It also prompted a re-examination of the dangers of lithium-ion power packs that have helped drive advances in personal electronic devices and electric cars.

“That’s the new technology that requires time for the industry to get on board to manage safety appropriately,” said Dan Doughty, a battery testing consultant in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-02/boeing-s-dreamliner-battery-fire-caused-by-design-probe-finds.html

[BC Tam 2]

Dreamliner 787 Heathrow fire 'probably caused by short circuit'
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33985615

Two years passed with all hard evidence available for scrutiny and it's all but a 'possibility' still

I suppose if one is to apply same investigative onus on MH370, it will likely take forever and a day, if not two