787 on fire !!!

[Old School 737]

Oh boy... Just breaking ..on ground in Heathrow.. No pax on plane..

 

[Tomct]

Source?? Nevermind...found it!

 

[Old School 737]

Source??

On the news CNBC..

 

[Tomct]

On the news CNBC..

Thanks. Going to be interesting. Maybe it was someone from Airbus??

 

[johnsonrod]

Ethiopian 787 at remote gate at LHR. I am sure the Boeing executives are sweating a bit now....

 

[lowtimedriver]

This is not good news. There may be catastrophic design flaws with the 87.

 

[johnsonrod]

Someone on Pprune just posted this graphic which could be helpful:

http://787updates.newairplane.com/B...aster-large.jpg?width=900&height=675&ext=.jpg

The fire appears to be in the aft part of the plane away from the battery... Could be a galley issue?

 

[Dornier 335]

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The fire appears to be in the aft part of the plane away from the battery... Could be a galley issue?

bbc link

 

[Flybywire44]

bbc link

"Meanwhile, Thomson Airways said one of its Dreamliners travelling to Florida returned to Manchester Airport as a precautionary measure, not connected to the Heathrow fire."

Uh-ohs.

 

[scoreboardII]

short boeing.

 

[Jetjockey]

787= Epic failure in outsourcing. Margins looked good on paper but can you put a price on quality from real Boeing workers??? Corporate greed...plain and simple and now it's haunting Boeing.

 

[Dornier 335]

Flightglobal article (with pictures)

 

[Smarta$$]

787= Epic failure in outsourcing. Margins looked good on paper but can you put a price on quality from real Boeing workers??? Corporate greed...plain and simple and now it's haunting Boeing.

I agree.

 

[Dornier 335]

787= Epic failure in outsourcing. Margins looked good on paper but can you put a price on quality from real Boeing workers??? Corporate greed...plain and simple and now it's haunting Boeing.

Is the answer really that simple? Or is it more that very cutting edge technology has its risk?

 

[Jetjockey]

Lack of quality from outsourced work. Cost over runs. Improper fittings, delays. Quality issues from foreign providers. Just a mess from the inception of the 787 project. I doubt the 787 will ever be a money maker for Boeing. How many billions has the project over by???. The only thing saving Boeing from a complete company melt-down is the success of the 737 and the military contracts.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontev...-sell-for-116m-but-productivity-is-improving/


http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021045270_boeingoutsourcingxml.html

 

[lowtimedriver]

Is the answer really that simple? Or is it more that very cutting edge technology has its risk?

Yup, I talked to a senior Boeing executive several months ago. He said that they will never do another program like they did with the 87.

 

[Nevets]

Someone on Pprune just posted this graphic which could be helpful:

http://787updates.newairplane.com/B...aster-large.jpg?width=900&height=675&ext=.jpg

The fire appears to be in the aft part of the plane away from the battery... Could be a galley issue?

So now it's a new fire they need to figure out! How many systems catch on fire on this aircraft?

 

[Dornier 335]

The fire appears to be in the aft part of the plane away from the battery... Could be a galley issue?

crew bunk? cut-away view

 

[Jetjockey]

Guess they shouldn't have disolved Boeing Commercial Electronics, and all the in-house electrical expertise that went with it.

 

[Crucianpilot]

Someone left the crockpot on in the crew bunk again!

 

[CFIT]

Airlines ran by accountants.

Airplanes built by accountants.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[xjhawk]

Is the answer really that simple? Or is it more that very cutting edge technology has its risk?

If You look at the history of the outsourcing and the issues they had it is evident that is a factor. When you also factor in that one of their solutions was to buy the companies they had contracted as outsources to fix their quality-it even more so points to that as the issue.

 

[xjhawk]

OMG, if the APU battery was the issue and it was the same battery type as the main battery and they did not do anything to change it, the boeing people are idiots. I am just saying......

Lets hope it was a galley issue and not a aircraft design issue.

 

[Tomct]

crew bunk? cut-away view

Looks like someone didn't put their cigarette out!

I would dare say that its not just the 73 and military projects that keep Boeing going....lets not forget about the most popular Wide body in history...777. Those things are flying off the shelves and Airbus STILL doesn't have an answer. By the time the 350 gets going, the 777X will be out and once again, TROUNCE the Airbus product!

 

[okcplt]

Airlines ran by accountants.

Airplanes built by accountants.

What could possibly go wrong?

You forgot pilots that make LOW six figures that think they are Gods gift to the world.

A Veterinarian Surgeon makes 350 a year...

 

[CFIT]

You forgot pilots that make LOW six figures that think they are Gods gift to the world.

A Veterinarian Surgeon makes 350 a year...

Says the accountant......

 

[Andy]

The pictures look similar to the burned out white Chevy Caprice I saw next to the highway on our drive from Eskan Village to Riyadh Mil many years ago. A local family decided to have a cookout next to the highway. It started to rain so they moved their Hibachi grill into the car.

This was above the crew rest area; has anyone checked for a grill and fried goat in the crew rest area?



For the humor impaired, this was a joke. Feel free to post redneck jokes in rebuttal.

 

[Old School 737]

So how are they gonna patch that up ???...It's not metal anymore ?? Right

 

[olympus593]

Looks like someone didn't put their cigarette out!

I would dare say that its not just the 73 and military projects that keep Boeing going....lets not forget about the most popular Wide body in history...777. Those things are flying off the shelves and Airbus STILL doesn't have an answer. By the time the 350 gets going, the 777X will be out and once again, TROUNCE the Airbus product!

Lol keep telling yourself that. A 20 year old 777 with new wings and new engine ain t gonna cut it, just like the 747-800...Is boeing ever gonna get rid of the yoke so 80's.

 

[JimNtexas]

Whatever caused this fire, it wasn't 'outsourcing'.