Originally Posted by
poorjohn
Huh? I haven't paid much attention to this thread - small battery fire, no big deal - so it comes as a surprise that the hull might need strengthening for a ferry flight back to the factory. Can't be true, given the assurances that the composite structure survives fire better than aluminum, etc.
It probably doesn't need strengthening from an engineering viewpoint. From a safety regulator point of view though this is a CYA. As every aircraft incident now is checked to see if its a 787 and if so the peanut gallery gets overexcited. It will be more than the safety regulator's jobsworth to take a simple engineering decision.