well....
THAT safety review will be all politics...
however the new FAA top indian, the DOT boss and last but not least the Boeing CEO are taking some risk...
if only one 787 should experience some "china syndrome" event in flight with one of those Li Ion batts, they will all be toast...
dont know whether that causes them to lose any sleep...
it better should...
dont get me wrong, I like the concept of the 787...it will ultimately become a great airplane...however, to "spice" that baby up with Li Ions as main batts was a big mistake from Boeing's side..
and OK, the CJ 4 ( C525C) is "only" a part 23 airplane, but also had "special conditions" by the FAA for that Li Ion Main Batt...but when Cessna's own demo bird went up in flames in their hangar in ICT the bird was effectively grounded by Cessna and the FAA until having been retrofitted with conventional batts..
sure that may not be so easy on the 787 as the performance of those Li Ion batts seems to have been incorporated into the design already at a very early stage..
but at the end of the day, makes no difference...Li Ions are neither ready nor mature yet for air transport from a safety point of view...it's as simple as that at the end of the day
Last edited by falconer1; 11th Jan 2013 at 18:17.