Battery Backup

Water that spilled from a first-class galley shut down all electrical power except the emergency battery backup on a Qantas Boeing 747-400 on Jan. 7, luckily when the aircraft was just 15 min. from landing at Bangkok after a flight from London. The water came from a blocked drain, according to one...

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