Long road ahead. Authorities in the u. S. Investigate the dreamliner and find its batteries could keep it on the ground for sometime to come. U. S. Transportation investigators cast doubt on a quick fix for the problems facing the dreamliner. They say regulators need to rethink their approval of batteries used in the boeing 787. A number of agencies are looking in to a string of safety incidents. Deborah hershman chairs. She said a lithium ion battery sparked a fire a month ago on a Japan Airlines yet in boston. This investigation has demonstrated that a short circuit in a single cell can propagate to adjacent cells and result in smoke and fire. Engineers packaged eight cells together in designing the battery system for the dreamliner. Hersman said they did not place them far enough apart so trouble in one of them could affect the others. She said investigators have not determined why the batteries short circuited. Another battery fire forced the pilot of a dreamline tore make an emerg
Long road ahead. Authorities in the u. S. Investigate the dreamliner and find its batteries could keep it on the ground for sometime to come. U. S. Transportation investigators cast doubt on a quick fix for the problems facing the dreamliner. They say regulators need to rethink their approval of batteries used in the boeing 787. A number of agencies are looking in to a string of safety incidents. Deborah hershman chairs. She said a lithium ion battery sparked a fire a month ago on a Japan Airlines yet in boston. This investigation has demonstrated that a short circuit in a single cell can propagate to adjacent cells and result in smoke and fire. Engineers packaged eight cells together in designing the battery system for the dreamliner. Hersman said they did not place them far enough apart so trouble in one of them could affect the others. She said investigators have not determined why the batteries short circuited. Another battery fire forced the pilot of a dreamline tore make an emerg