Re:Heathrow fire on Boeing Dreamliner 'started in battery co...
by timw6n on Thursday July 18, 2013 @03:00PM
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The AAIB (the UK equivalent of the NTSB) special bulletin referred to in the article is here[1] with a few more technical details.
Looks like it's just unlucky that this happened with a 787, given that the ELT is a standalone component apparently fitted to around 6000 planes of various types.
Looks like it's just unlucky that this happened with a 787, given that the ELT is a standalone component apparently fitted to around 6000 planes of various types.
[1] http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/S5-2013%20ET-...