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Dreamliner aircraft must remain on the ground, but their lithium-ion batteries can fly

Washington, USA - Former NTSB Chairman Jim Hall and Chesley Sullenberger criticize this paradox

The operations of the whole fleet of 787 Dreamliner airplanes have been suspended globally, because of the numerous glitches which occurred in the past weeks, particularly failures to the lithium-ion batteries of the state-of-the-art Boeing aircraft. Paradoxically, despite the investigations on the 787 problems are focusing just on the fire risk for this kind of batteries, it is still possible to...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1149497
Rome, Italy, 02/05/2013 14:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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