Ex Cargo Clown
You been asleep for a few months?
Sharpen up mate! I was specifically referring to battery issues, the Laredo incident wasn't battery related or only indirectly in that if you short out the electrics by leaving an unsecured tool in the electrical bay you're asking for trouble.
Embarassing, yes. But it's nowt to do with the Lithium-Ion design issues.
Certification process is under scrutiny, but you can't expect any certifying agency to look at this incident and somehow extrapolate that the battery design is suspect.
Boeing accept that the current battery design isn't fail-safe, which is why they're proposing a fix. What most of the community on here are concerned about is the perceived nature of that fix, in that it's not appropriate for the job.
Last edited by Momoe; 1st Mar 2013 at 08:50.