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Boeing Completes Tests Leading To Resumption Of Dreamliner Operations
With little fanfare but lots of effort, the Boeing Company this week is completing all the tasks required by the Federal Aviation Administration to demonstrate the 787 Dreamliner is ready for a return to routine operations. FAA personnel have participated at each stage in the testing of a comprehensive fix for battery issues that prompted a global grounding of the planes in January, so the company is hopeful it will get quick approval for a return to flight in May. (www.forbes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The UPS fire/incident was in the United Arab Emirates, not Saudi Arabia.
Our government should do everything possible to help Boeing get the 787 back in the air. Airbus has their equivalent A-350 about ready to compete with the 787 and we will lose a lot of U.S. business and jobs if the 787 doesn't get back in the air soon.
I don't think many in the industry realise it yet but this machine is a pivotal project for all future designs. As iconic as the 707 was some 55 years ago
How right you are . Infact,it may establish some ground rules for ALL similar machines , irrespective of size and application.
Isn't it a fix if the fire is better contained and vented? Root cause is not easy and should not be trusted. This is why redundancy in safety is used in many systems because all faults can't be anticipated.
my open sell ticket for $BA at $90 is waiting for FAA approval. I'll buy it at $84 again after everyone forgets.
I never read an exaggeration. I read about smoke, burnt up battery cells, and forced landings because of the batteries. I read about the fire on UPS because of those cells and saw the damage to craft N748UP in Philadelphia during 2006. In 1999 at an NWA cargo facility. The tragic UPS fire in Saudi Arabia in 2010. All of of which the NTSB investigated.
Those are facts, not fabrications or media hype.
Anyone who has ever done business at the Post Office has seen posters stating they do not accept Lithium type batteries for carriage.
Some people take the general public for fools and idiots (most of which are in the TV advertising business).
Yet, a "fix" was found without knowing the root cause? It's like taking your car to the dealer for cabin smoke, and being told it was "fixed' even tho they have no idea what caused it. If that strikes confidence in you, good.
But in a composite aircraft, that cannot withstand potential 1000° fires, I have a hard time feeling comfortable. Not when I see what happened to two other metal crafts. And if you consider that fear-mongering or media hype, the perhaps you are stuck in a paradigm that is a tad bit unrealistic.