FINANCIAL TIMES: A battery fire on a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 was unprecedented and a “very serious air safety concern”, the head of the US’s National Transportation Safety Board said, highlighting the depth of the crisis surrounding the troubled programme.
Deborah Hersman spoke on Thursday as the board published its preliminary findings into the fire. She said the battery had spewed out very hot, molten electrolytes, despite the presence of numerous systems meant to prevent such an event…
Following the January 7 fire, another 787 – operated by Japan’s All Nippon Airlines – was forced to make an emergency landing in Takamatsu, western Japan, on January 16 because of smoke coming from a battery… (more)
