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Safety board raises new concerns over jetliner batteries
CNN) -- Federal safety investigators cast new concerns about using lithium-ion batteries to power systems on commercial aircraft, saying they should be put through rigorous tests that produce "the most severe outcomes" before being approved for use in the skies. The National Transportation Safety Board issued the recommendations on Thursday as it continues to investigate lithium-ion batteries on Boeing 787 Dreamliners. (www.cnn.com) Altro...
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* in modern airliners
These batteries are in all modern airliners, and not always properly protected, eg. fire suppression.
These batteries are in all modern airliners, and not always properly protected, eg. fire suppression.
For the life of me, I cannot understand all the angst against an independent organization who's only goal is to investigate transportation incidents, and make recommendations for improving safety, based on hard evidence. They have been doing that for years in all modes of transport, and I have found their recommendations to be more than appropriate.
Honestly, do we need a Dreamliner's all plastic design burning up mid-air before we accept the fact that the particular technology may not be as well suited to it's application?
Or are we just being parochial?
Honestly, do we need a Dreamliner's all plastic design burning up mid-air before we accept the fact that the particular technology may not be as well suited to it's application?
Or are we just being parochial?
I don't think we are be parochial. Why chew old fat; something that was well known from at least a year ago??????
I wonder how much Airbus stock is owned by NTSB employees? ;)
Just our new NTSB chairman trying to make a splash. Nobody worked harder than the FAA and Boeing to unground a fleet of brand ne Airplanes, A YEAR AGO.
But lots of batteries have made it into multiple components inofrrn airliners, often with little or none of the safeguards that are built into the 787. Ironically many of these potentially troublesome batteries are inside of 'safety' components like ELTs.
It's about time some of that attention is applied to all those other batteries that have snuck onto planes without much rigorous examination of the risks of extreme events.