Having scanned the report, the reason for the differences of opinion between the NTSB and the FAA become apparent.
Boeing were keen to push the boundaries, hence the 'Electric plane concept' and it's dependence on Li-Ion.
However, this requires the FAA to re-evaluate it's stance on Li-Ion batteries and it consequently introduced new legislation which was designed to prevent the Boston event.
Subtle shift of emphasis away from Boeing and towards the FAA IMO, onus is now on FAA in two respects: firstly, to prove that their legislation was robust enough and secondly, their involvement and analysis on the test data.
On this side of the pond, we'd probably have an independent public inquiry where a senior civil servant chairs an independent team of experts who gather information, analyse said information and present their conclusions.
I assume that the Stateside equivalent would be a congressional inquiry?
Last edited by Momoe; 7th Mar 2013 at 22:09.