With hindsight, these events suggest a failure of risk management.
Apparently Boeing did not have a preplanned strategy of what to do if the ‘risky’ choice of battery turned out to be an error – something which could have occurred up to the point of certification … and beyond. Perhaps they did not think ‘what if’, nor project sufficiently into the future – continued airworthiness.
There was no plan B, or alternatively that plan B was implemented as a solution for the flight test fire incident. This could suggest that the cause of the flight test incident was misidentified, or that the solution (plan B) was insufficient.
We have opportunity to learn from this.
“We take a risk. We can decide the return is worth it.
We run a risk. We can become victims if things go wrong.
When analysing risks you have to consider the whole range, from decisions to operate (behave) in certain ways, to decisions to act in certain ways.
When inspecting you have to examine the context, including yourself.
What happens to companies that run risks? The best make profits, the worst go bankrupt”. (P. Hudson)