It isn't that bad.... The elements of compliance with the Lithium Ion regs are all there.
BOEING (Thales, Yuasa, Securaplane) cut it too close. That is why BOEING pitched such a fit when FAA (AFTER JTSB) GROUNDED the 787.
Had they expanded by as little as 10 per cent their mitigations, well......
FAA and BOEING both knew a thermal runaway would happen; the problem is they were over confident in their design to mitigate a multiple (propagation).
That has been apparent from the outset, and all the way back.....
Now they have to do what they could have done before, and avoided all this nonsense.
Bigger case, more cell separation, stand off (raised) base, stricter assembly standards, etc......
Fix it. I cannot wait to fly in one.
