U.K. Investigators Want Changes After 787 Fire

Credit: Courtesy of BBC
British investigators are calling on aircraft equipment manufacturers to provide more assurances about the safety mitigations to prevent the failure of lithium-metal batteries after thermal runaway was attributed as the cause of a fire onboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 two years ago. The...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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