787 on fire

[g550driver]

Not good news for Boeing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23294760#TWEET819627

 

[eightballfreight]

What the hell, why can't Boeing catch one on fire? Real curious.

 

[SeanD]

Sheesh, not good news at all. I dont want to say it but, Im gonna. STOP OUTSOURCING AIRPLANES. Before you know it, they'll be selling these at Sams Club.

 

[Nick]

Necropost . . . oh wait

 

[jskibo]

Ugh, there goes my 401k.......

 

[TFaudree_ERAU]

Time to buy Boeing stock

 

[SeanD]

Time to buy Boeing stock

It just tumbled nearly 7% since this news came out

 

[Minuteman]

http://twitter.com/raisinganchor/status/355729741552185344

 

[SeanD]

Whoa, it burned through.

 

[jskibo]

It just tumbled nearly 7% since this news came out

Coincidently, so has my retirement account there......
Is there a "not like" button?

 

[SeanD]

Coincidently, so has my retirement account there......
Is there a "not like" button?

Damn, sorry to hear man. Lets hope it doesnt get any worse

 

[SteveCostello]

http://twitter.com/raisinganchor/status/355729741552185344

I thought that the battery issues they were dealing with were up front?

 

[digduggy]

Isn't that where the test planes electrical bus burned?

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[jwp_145]

Well at least they will be learning how to repair fuselage barrel damage... albeit not the best circumstances to prove those procedures.
I really hope that they get this airplane on the right track.

 

[derg]

Necropost . . . oh wait

I wish.

 

[SteveCostello]

Well at least they will be learning how to repair fuselage barrel damage... albeit not the best circumstances to prove those procedures.
I really hope that they get this airplane on the right track.

That's a really valid point. How repairable are composite hulls and frame members?

 

[pete2800]

Yikes. I don't like the direction this is headed.

 

[v1valarob]

A Thomson Airways 787 heading for Florida left Manchester Airport at 12.10pm today but was forced to return due to technical issues as a precaution.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-problems-just-hours-787-caught-Heathrow.html

 

[jskibo]

That's a really valid point. How repairable are composite hulls and frame members?

They will likely just replace the 48 section or 47 and 48 section.

 

[jtrain609]

The bigger question in my mind starts to become insurance. Who is going to continue to underwrite these things when Boeing can't stop them from catching on fire?