In 2006 lab test, 787 battery blew up, burned down building...

[xjhawk]

Correct me if I am wrong about the outsourcing at Boeing-but the management at some of the companies and the problems they were facing forced boeing to buy those bad companies and install their own management and quality control?

 

[igneousy2]

It's not just outsourcing by Boeing, part of the problem was the companies were "outsourcing the outsourcing". The french company Thales is the company that Boeing contracts for the electric system on the 787 who then contracts the Japanese company GS Yuasa for the batteries. I cannot imagine the logistics of maintaining quality control on so many layers of parts, contracted by so many different companies, in so many different countries.

 

[JimNtexas]

It's not just outsourcing by Boeing, part of the problem was the companies were "outsourcing the outsourcing". The french company Thales is the company that Boeing contracts for the electric system on the 787 who then contracts the Japanese company GS Yuasa for the batteries. I cannot imagine the logistics of maintaining quality control on so many layers of parts, contracted by so many different companies, in so many different countries.

Is there a company (including Boeing USA) that makes both aircraft electrical systems and batteries?

AFAIK Boeing doesn't make tires either. So what?

 

[jmreii]

Didn't you read the NPRM on the rest rules? A Human life is worth ~$5M.

The rest rules are for the crews flying passengers. I have had more than one FAA person tell me he or she could care less if a cargo jet crashes into a cow pasture, its not a problem unless the jet hits a occupied house.

 

[igneousy2]

Is there a company (including Boeing USA) that makes both aircraft electrical systems and batteries?

AFAIK Boeing doesn't make tires either. So what?

Boeing makes neither on the 787.

 

[JimNtexas]

Boeing makes neither on the 787.

So how can Boeing 'outsource' something they can't make themselves?

In other news. Elon Musk says he can make a better, safer battery for the 787 than Yusa, based on the battery he makes in house for SpaceX.