FAA grounds all 787s due to Battery Concerns...article

[General Lee]

FAA grounds Boeing 787 over battery concerns
Reuters –


By Andrea Shalal-Esa.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators grounded Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner passenger jet on Wednesday, saying a recent series of safety incidents meant urgent action was needed.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it would require airlines to demonstrate that the plane's cutting-edge batteries were safe before allowing further flights. It has notified regulators in other countries of its action as well.

Japan's two leading airlines already grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s on Wednesday after one of the Dreamliner passenger jets made an emergency landing, the latest in a series of incidents that have heightened safety concerns over a plane many see as the future of commercial aviation.


All Nippon Airways Co said instruments aboard a domestic flight indicated a battery error, triggering emergency warnings. The incident was described by a transport ministry official as "highly serious" - language used in international safety circles as indicating there could have been an accident.


Boeing shares fell 2 percent in after-hours trading to $72.80 after the FAA announcement.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[johnsonrod]

Sucks!!!! Who makes the battery? What are the alternatives - can they use current 777-type batteries?

 

[ultrarunner]

If I recall, an earlier article regarding the battery issue on the APU-incident aircraft indicated the Batts are from a Japanese supplier...

 

[Flyer1015]

Ah, the feds. Did they ground all DC10s when an AA cargo door blew out, severing cables and barely able to emergency land at DTW? Of course not. They were in bed with the higher ups at McDonnel Douglas. Sad, because a short time later the same thing happened to a Turkish Air DC10 and this time the flight was full, and when the floor fell, it cut all cables, and the aircraft was uncontrollable. 300+ people dead and all could have been prevented if the fed did their jobs.

But no, ground the 787s! All 6 of them!

 

[Dornier 335]

Ah, the feds. Did they ground all DC10s when an AA cargo door blew out, severing cables and barely able to emergency land at DTW? Of course not. They were in bed with the higher ups at McDonnel Douglas. Sad, because a short time later the same thing happened to a Turkish Air DC10 and this time the flight was full, and when the floor fell, it cut all cables, and the aircraft was uncontrollable. 300+ people dead and all could have been prevented if the fed did their jobs.

But no, ground the 787s! All 6 of them!

Flyer, just look at my latest thread to see their next ingenious move...

 

[flygirlqt]

Ah, the feds. Did they ground all DC10s when an AA cargo door blew out, severing cables and barely able to emergency land at DTW? Of course not. They were in bed with the higher ups at McDonnel Douglas. Sad, because a short time later the same thing happened to a Turkish Air DC10 and this time the flight was full, and when the floor fell, it cut all cables, and the aircraft was uncontrollable. 300+ people dead and all could have been prevented if the fed did their jobs.

But no, ground the 787s! All 6 of them!

Does the potential loss of life need to be justified with the number of air frames or mounting number of incidents?

Seems to me the FAA did exactly what needed to be done. For once.

 

[belchfire]

Ah, the feds. Did they ground all DC10s when an AA cargo door blew out, severing cables and barely able to emergency land at DTW? Of course not. They were in bed with the higher ups at McDonnel Douglas. Sad, because a short time later the same thing happened to a Turkish Air DC10 and this time the flight was full, and when the floor fell, it cut all cables, and the aircraft was uncontrollable. 300+ people dead and all could have been prevented if the fed did their jobs.

But no, ground the 787s! All 6 of them!

You seriously need to have a better grasp of the facts before you spout off.

There was a fix developed for the DC-10 cargo door following the DTW incident, the Turkish aircraft only had half of the fix complied with...had the airline complied completely with that repair the door would not have failed.

There were three things that lead to the Turkish DC-10 fatality accident. Improper maintenance procedures, improper closing of the door by cargo handlers and the failure to inspect of the door after it was closed from the outside.

Perpetuating myths and improperly placing blame isn't going to help anyone.

I had sincerely hoped that Boeing had learned from the egregious example that Airbus has established with their aircraft sub assemblies from everywhere else but it seems not-and now they are reaping the benefits of having so much of the aircraft farmed out to the lowest bidder in Cheapcrapistan!

Seriously, after having watched for years the integration and teething problems that Airbus has become legend for just how arrogant is the management at the Lazy B to think they can do better?

 

[Jammin]

Well said

 

[scoreboardII]

that and if there where more than six, say hundreds of these things, they would still be flying...

 

[Jetjockey]

Way more than 6 787's flying. Try 50. United has 6 already.

http://nyc787.blogspot.com/