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Old 26th Jan 2013, 15:22
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poorjohn
 
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The FAA grounded the aircraft because of the 2 incidence of battery fires within a shot time , the headline of ` 787 falls from the sky on fire` wouldn't sit well with them now would it.....
What happens to a composite hull (787-style) when locally heated to an appropriately high temperature by e.g. molten metal? A self-limiting hole, uncontrolled conflagration, something in between?
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