On Saturday, July 13, 2013 4:22:22 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Saturday, July 13, 2013 1:29:44 AM UTC-4, nestork wrote:

Boeing stock fell a whopping 6% as a result of the Heathrow fire. It's



becoming abundantly clear that there's something about lithium battery



technology that's new here and yet to be discovered.



It's abundantly clear that you're jumping to conclusions. Nothing

in any of the reports I've seen say this latest fire was related

to the lithium batteries. AFAIK, those batteries are not located

anywhere near the location of this new fire. Plus, they were

re-designed into a fireproof enclosure.











And, until it is,



Boeing 787's with their lithium batteries for auxialliary power are



going to be very very scary planes to own, and fly on.







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But as well as recommending the disabling of the transmitters on all Dreamliners, the AAIB said the FAA and other regulatory authorities should conduct a safety review of these devices where they are powered by lithium batteries.

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