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Forum: Rumours & News

3rd Jan 2015, 20:36

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FAA Grounds 787s

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Posted By KelvinD

GYS: The actions you quoted from IATA are taken...

GYS: The actions you quoted from IATA are taken from the FAA instructions from 2009.

Boeing's instructions,issued in 2013, say you should use Halon (or a substitute) to kill the fire. If you don't...

Forum: Rumours & News

2nd Jan 2015, 07:06

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FAA Grounds 787s

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Posted By KelvinD

According to one source it was "a crushed lithium...

According to one source it was "a crushed lithium ion battery in the seat mechanism".
Apparently, Air France have suffered from a similar problem (burning business class seat) before. In 2013 a crew...

Forum: Rumours & News

22nd Feb 2014, 09:28

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FAA Grounds 787s

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Posted By KelvinD

Having worked briefly maintaining glass kilns in...

Having worked briefly maintaining glass kilns in a number of factories, I would argue over those temps. Typically, in plants producing bottles etc, the temperature mid-kiln would be over 1,000C and...

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