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787 battery blew up in ’06 test, burned down building
In 2006, a devastating lab fire in Arizona showed just how volatile Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner lithium-ion battery can be if its energy is not adequately contained. By Dominic Gates, Seattle Times aerospace reporter (seattletimes.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
this battery issue reminds me of the new elt batteries (lithium) that came out in the eighties, the Feds came out with new ELT's and made us change all ELT's for the new ones equipped with lithium batteries. These batteries overheated, exploded, or caught fire in flight. One year later they came out with new ELT's equipped with normal batteries!!Seems that when they mention Lithium, there is a problem associated....Don't they make tests to make sure that they are safe and trouble free??I have changed all my Nicads for Lead acid.
history always repeats itself....go figure
I flew a Falcon 900ex with nicad batteries. I flying Orlando to UK. We had just joined the tracks east of Canada when we had a thermal runaway on one of the two batteries. Even after the battery was disconnected the temperature continued to rise. We diverted into St Johns. Three hours after landing the battery was still too hot to hold. It was bulging and distorted. If we had been further along the tracks I dont know what we would have done. Its alright having 3 engines but if you only have 2 batteries and one of those is a potential timebomb sat out of reach 60 feet behind you you are in queer street. The next aircraft we had was an exEasy with lead acid batteries. Felt much safer. Peter.
Only a thorough investigation into this new type of battery should determine the cause of the problem. Headline hunting news reporters should wait until this investigation has been completed and a report published before jumping to erroneous conclusions based on nothing more than their own uninformed conclusions. Scaring the public with wild speculation does a disservice to a respected aircraft manufacturer and those that are investigating the cause of these recent problems.
In any event, Boeing senior management needs to accept responsibility for this fiasco and some heads need to roll.
It's terribly hard to get a new component approved for installation into an existing airframe.
But the FAA & Boeing are playing around with this?!?
But the FAA & Boeing are playing around with this?!?