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FAA Grounds All Boeing 787 Planes Until Proven Safe

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Outrage247

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As a guy that works in maintenance at an airline some of these things are a little funny to read.

The fire thing in batteries is something. But notice its all happening around the same time. It's hard to say if this is a plane fault or faulty Japan maintenance.
 
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Crew-Only 787 Flight Is Approved by F.A.A.

Federal regulators said on Wednesday that they had approved one flight of a Boeing 787, with a flight crew but no passengers, as the company’s engineers study possible changes to the plane’s electrical systems that could reduce the risk of another battery fire.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/business/faa-to-allow-a-787-flight-with-crew-only.html?_r=0

The battery issues still look like it is going to take a month or more to resolve it seems according to the BBC this morning.
 
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Escape Goat said:
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Whoa what the fuck is that? It looks like god.

Edit: it's been explained. It still looks like god, just like my avatar does.
 
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Log4Girlz

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I remember the big controversy with the A380 and Boeing was trying to capitalize on their rivals shortcomings on delivery and safety issues. Bwahahahaha.
 
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I was a lot more concerned about the cracks in the A380 wings and they got through that OK. annoying setback, but they'll fix this.
 
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navanman

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787 on fire on Heathrow runway. First reports from the scene say the cause of the fire is similar to the previous battery fire.
Boeing shares down over 5% already.
 
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hovering near 6.8% down.

BBC article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23294760

A Heathrow spokesman said: "We can confirm there has been an on-board internal fire involving an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft and the airport's emergency services are in attendance.

"The aircraft was parked on a remote parking stand. There were no passengers on board and there are no reported injuries at this time.

"Arrivals and departures are temporarily suspended while airport fire crews attend to this incident. This is a standard procedure if fire crews are occupied with an incident."

The airport reopened shortly before 18:00 BST but is advising passengers to check the status of their flights with the airlines.

The Metropolitan Police said: "Police at Heathrow were alerted to a fire on a plane. Emergency services are in attendance.

"At this time it is believed no one was on board and there are no reports of any injuries. The fire is being treated as unexplained."

A Boeing spokesman said: "We're aware of the event. We have Boeing personnel on the ground at Heathrow and are working to fully understand and address this."
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