B787: Ingen nyheter er gode nyheter

2 Japanese Airlines Report No Problems With 787

Kyodo News, via Associated Press

Japan Airlines resumed flying Boeing’s 787 in June. It has eight of the company’s Dreamliners.

By HIROKO TABUCHI and CHRISTOPHER DREW

Published: July 16, 2013

RelatedTOKYO — All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, the world’s biggest operators of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, said on Tuesday that they had completed emergency checks on their fleet and found no threats to safety after a fire occurred inside a parked 787 jet at Heathrow Airport last week.

• 787 Fire Inquiry Focuses on Transmitter (July 16, 2013)

British safety investigators are examining whether a malfunction in an emergency locater transmitter, or any other equipment in the rear of the parked Ethiopian Airlines plane, set off or fueled the fire on Friday.

The fire, which caused no injuries, nevertheless came as an unwelcome reminder of the overheating lithium-ion batteries that prompted a worldwide grounding of 787 jets early this year.

The transmitter, which would send out the plane’s location after a crash, is powered by a smaller, lithium-manganese battery. Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch has essentially ruled out that the larger lithium-ion batteries played a role in the fire, but it confirmed on Tuesday that the transmitter “is one of several components being looked at in detail.” The agency added that it would be premature to speculate on the causes of the fire at this stage.