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London Heathrow Airport closed due to Boeing 787 aircraft fire
A Ethopian Airlines plane is on fire near one of the terminal buildings (www.bbc.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
But Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch said there was "no evidence of a direct causal relationship" between the Dreamliner's batteries and the fire.
"There has been extensive heat damage in the upper portion of the rear fuselage, a complex part of the aircraft ... it is clear that this heat damage is remote from the area in which the aircraft main and APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) batteries are located," the agency said in a statement.
"There has been extensive heat damage in the upper portion of the rear fuselage, a complex part of the aircraft ... it is clear that this heat damage is remote from the area in which the aircraft main and APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) batteries are located," the agency said in a statement.
He never said the batteries caused the fires, just giving locations so people know that there is no battery back there.
Correct - it was meant to confirm it is NOT the batteries.
I'll be interested in the repair procedure that is used for the carbon structure that was compromised as a result of the fire.
It will be an easy job like the electrical problem fixing. And the 787 CATCHFIRE will soon be allowed to cross ocean again by the FAA.
The fire is near the too crew rest in the rear of the plane. I think that the plane has a bigger electrical problem and this sounds to me like it is not battery related. Boeing needs to tear a plane apart and walk thru the electrical system and find out where the shorts are because I'm sure this is why the system has issues on too of pulling to much power also this plane was in the ground for 8 eight hours before catching fire so it also kinda of sounds fishy to me how it caught fire. Could it be the APU catching fire because there were reports that if the APU was not shut down right it would cause it to over heat and not be able to be started for about 2 hours? We :shall see what comes out of this.
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