Posted on 07/18/2013 12:04:58 PM PDT by logi_cal869
(snip, from the actual AAIB report at link below) Safety Recommendation 2013-016 It is recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration initiate action for making inert the Honeywell International RESCU406AFN fixed Emergency Locator Transmitter system in Boeing 787 aircraft until appropriate airworthiness actions can be completed.
Safety Recommendation 2013-017 It is recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration, in association with other regulatory authorities, conduct a safety review of installations of Lithium-powered Emergency Locator Transmitter systems in other aircraft types and, where appropriate, initiate airworthiness action.
(snip, from abcnews.go link above) The FAA didn't immediately say whether it will follow the recommendations. A spokesman said the agency will have a response later Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
“There’s no need to alarm the passengers. Disconnect it, Captain.”
Is this the cause of the recent 787 fire?
It seems to be the only thing in the area where the fire started. It runs on it’s own batteries. It does have connections to the aircraft for an antenna and a switch to turn it on manually. It appears to have no power connections to the aircraft, though.
“Is this the cause of the recent 787 fire?”
Check this URL for the actual report
http://cf.komonews.com/130718_UK_787_Fire_Report.pdf
(sorry...I don’t do HTML every day and don’t have an editor at work)
It looks like the 787 is becoming a flying Volt.................
Won’t they need the Emergency Locater Beacon if that other Lithium Battery catches fire and the plane crashes?
Pretty good confirmation that they did correctly diagnose the Heathrow fire.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-ana-dreamliner-beacon-idUSBRE96P0AK20130726
“Japan’s ANA finds damaged battery wires on Boeing Dreamliner locator beacons”
FAA AD:
It looks like these ELTs were sitting on the shelf for a long while before being installed into the 787s, due to the delays in getting the 787 into revenue service.
So, to have the proper 10 year battery life with the install, the battery packs were replaced with new ones when the ELTs were actually installed in the planes. This is when the wires were pinched, apparently.
This is probably why they can limit the inspections to 787s for now.
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