ET / Ethiopian 787 "Dreamliner" catches fire at LHR [12 Jul 2013]
Jul 12, 13, 1:12 pm
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Breaking: Ethiopian 787 catches fire at Heathrow (7/12/13)
In addition, a Dreamliner operated by UK tour operator from Manchester UK to Sanford Florida has turned back due to technical problems. Dreamliner could be said to be nightmareliner
Jul 12, 13, 1:12 pm
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The batteries have all been switched, so that is not the case this time. In any case the batteries for the APU are stored just behind the wings in the belly, nowhere near the burn marks.
Jul 12, 13, 1:20 pm
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The fire damage looks to be pretty far away from the batteries. The main battery is near the nose, and the APU battery is near the rear of the wing. Galley or some other electrical problem?? Rear crew rest is up there too.
Regardless of the cause, very fortunate this happened on the ground.
Regardless of the cause, very fortunate this happened on the ground.
Jul 12, 13, 1:23 pm
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"But the computer said it can't happen."
This is the generation that is growing up with computers.
I was just cringing waiting for this to happen when they couldn't figure out the cause of the first fires.
I know the problem from trying to fix what we call heisenbugs in software. Some of the stuff is a real pain to trace so you start kind of working with what you can reasonably work with and you hope it just goes away. Of course it never goes away until you really, truly, find out what's going on.
I hope this was just something stupid on this airplane and not the same problem again. If it's a repeat, these will not fly again until the cause is found and that could be a year.
This is the generation that is growing up with computers.
I was just cringing waiting for this to happen when they couldn't figure out the cause of the first fires.
I know the problem from trying to fix what we call heisenbugs in software. Some of the stuff is a real pain to trace so you start kind of working with what you can reasonably work with and you hope it just goes away. Of course it never goes away until you really, truly, find out what's going on.
I hope this was just something stupid on this airplane and not the same problem again. If it's a repeat, these will not fly again until the cause is found and that could be a year.
Jul 12, 13, 1:54 pm
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Jul 12, 13, 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by jsmeeker
Being readied for it's next flight?
Jul 12, 13, 2:10 pm
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The 787 was parked in the remote area near two QF A380s, and had been there over 12 hours. The fuselage crown immediately forward of the empennage / tail section shows perhaps a meter or more of damage along the top centerline (the BBC article here has video).
A Thompson 787 just aborted a transatlanic flight and has returned to MAN - no connection we know of (Thompson announced the return was precautionary), but things are not looking up for Boeing today.
A Thompson 787 just aborted a transatlanic flight and has returned to MAN - no connection we know of (Thompson announced the return was precautionary), but things are not looking up for Boeing today.
Jul 12, 13, 7:02 pm
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Originally Posted by kkjay77
Because emergency response crew is attending the 787.
What would happen if, god forbid, another aircraft crash?
What would happen if, god forbid, another aircraft crash?
Jul 12, 13, 9:56 pm
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Originally Posted by DaviddesJ
In that case, the crews, being already assembled and in their vehicles, could probably respond to the crash faster than they otherwise could, leaving this situation which is not life-threatening to anyone.
Jul 12, 13, 10:29 pm
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sounds like a lemon here
unfortunate of this as sounds like vary good plane....just need to work out a few problems....try to find out out why starts fires....glad usa cleared it to fly again.....at moment not really my goal to get on one of these....sorry
