787 on fire

[smack300]

Did they confirm it is a battery issue yet?

 

[rframe]

Did they confirm it is a battery issue yet?

Confirmation Shmomfirmation... these is the interwebz, facts aren't welcome here.

 

[eightballfreight]

Would you like the smoking or nonsmoking section?

 

[99driver]

Not my line, but a UA guy in my jump called it "Sparky", the Magic Tupperware Jet.

 

[desertdog71]

Did they confirm it is a battery issue yet?

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[SeanD]

Im guessing there are gonna be a lot of double takes on the A350 if this turns out to be anything other than someone throwing a lit cigarette in a galley trash bin.

 

[jskibo]

I'm thinking the Dreamliner is working for a new nick name.

Change 787 to 911.....

 

[Cóndor]

Smokin' Dreams . . . that one will definitely appeal to the Colorado and Washington State crowd as well

 

[Seggy]

The fire appears to be directly above the FA rest area.

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

Boeing just said it APU batteries.


Also something about a 787 fuel leak in BOS.

 

[Jimflyfast]

From the scores of spares they having sitting around on PAE 11/29?

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

 

[Seggy]

Boeing just said it APU batteries.


Also something about a 787 fuel leak in BOS.

Huh?

 

[Area 5150]

Cue CNN's Wolfmam Blizts!

Wolf: "I see in this video that a fire broke out in the area around the tail section of the plane. Fire in a aircraft is ever good. I saw what appeared to be men in thick black clothing with green, reflective stripes on their coats.............turns out, they were firefighters!

I turn my question to aviation expert, Willie Frankensnapple, are fires in the Boeing MD-60 a common occurrence? "

Hope this isn't a major set back again for Boeing!

 

[SeanD]

Boeing just said it APU batteries.


Also something about a 787 fuel leak in BOS.

Where did you hear that? I cant find any info

 

[pullup]

Not a battery issue.

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

Apparently a local CA station reported it, but it has now been retracted. They mistook wasn't for was the APU battery.

 

[ChasenSFO]

I'm told from a friend in LHR that the plane was sitting remote without ground power for 6-8 hours before the fire broke out. That's...odd.

 

[Itchy]

Hell, even the FAA's ish is going up in smoke..
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/09/3492061/faa-minivan-catches-fire-at-miami.html

 

[Minuteman]

So it looks like the 787 batteries (of repute) are not located near where the burn-through was, at the ass-end door. (from the Boeing ARFF 787 Info, http://www.boeing.com/assets/pdf/commercial/airports/arff/arff787.pdf)

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[jskibo]

I'm guessing Ethiopian stews smoking in the aft lav. Let the rumor start!