Originally Posted by
Moby Dick
Considering you can't ship Lithium Ion batteries as cargo on passenger jets, it strikes me as PURE GENIUS that Boeing decided to put 98kg of them on the plastic 787.
Now their fix?
Put the batteries in a fireproof box with vents to send the smoke and fumes overboard when (not if) they catch on fire. Again, GENIUS.
Why? Because they wouldn't use pneumatics in the A/C pressurization system to save weight.
Bid the 787? Just a guess, but my money is on it going junior in a hurry.
Some how I doubt the batteries were heating the leading edges.
We now have many cars that have a large amount of these batteries driving around every day charging and discharging more than probably happens on these aircraft. Fix the over heating problem and its no big deal. Put it in a fire proof box and we're all the better.