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| News - 23 January, 2013 - The Boeing Company News - Boeing 787 Dreamliner Problems |
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Problems |
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U.S. regulation committees approved the usage of highly inflammable battery for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in 2007. They considered it a safe tech that the battery would burn itself out if it caught fire when flying provided the flames were contained and flame and smoke were vented in proper manner.
As fire risk has always been a major concern for jet liners as they carry a lot of fuel, the U.S. regulation boards require planes to have sufficient fire suppression systems before approval.
But by reviewing government documents and interviews with battery and aviation experts, Reuters found that the U.S. FAA granted the Boeing 787 Dreamliner special conditions and declared its contain and vent system was sufficient to control the build-up of toxic gases or explosives, except in "extremely remote" situations.
The Federal Aviation Administration 2007 decision is now under scrutiny after the lithium-ion batteries in two Boeing 787 planes failed within few days, causing fire in one case in Boston, and generating warnings and an acrid smell that forced the pilots of the plane to make an emergency landing in Japan.
An important U.S. Senate committee plans to hold a hearing soon to examine aviation safety oversight and FAAs certification of the 787 Dreamliner, an aide to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee told Reuters on Tuesday.
Now as things stand The FAA has grounded the Dreamliner in the U.S. pending an investigation, and other aviation regulators around the world immediately followed, stopping use of all 50 planes in service, each of which can carry about 250 passengers.
Air India has also grounded all the active 787 Dreamliners from service.
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