Massive Internal Fire on Boeing 787 Jet

wretcheddomain

An Ethiopian Airlines jet caught fire and has closed Heathrow Airport.

Currently, no injuries have been reported.

http://news.sky.com/story/1115054/heathrow-dreamliner-plane-catches-fire

KeithM89

Where does it say its 'Massive'?
Or did you just pull that out of your arse to make it more dramatic??

Karl Stein

Boeing shares have taken a big knock - will orders be cancelled?. I wonder will they ground all the 787's (about 50 of them I think).

mikehammer67

Keith wrote: »

Where does it say its 'Massive'?
Or did you just pull that out of your arse to make it more dramatic??

he been watching too much sky news

mikehammer67

wasn't there a prob with overheating batteries or something?

I am pie

Looking at the pictures, massive is probably the last word I would use.

Not as intelligent as you claimed to be OP, lacking something in observational skills and perspective perhaps?

I wouldn't be terribly keen on flying in one of those 787's though.

Theres been a crash on a train near paris too, several dead. Was on a high speed train as far I know so far.

Jake1

Jake1 wrote: »

Theres been a crash on a train near paris too, several dead. Was on a high speed train as far I know so far.

people still trapped onboard

https://twitter.com/Dadou971/status/355726663688015872/photo/1

vicwatson

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

Boeing shares have taken a big knock - will orders be cancelled?. I wonder will they ground all the 787's (about 50 of them I think).

1.3 percent, ahem :rolleyes:

vicwatson

mikehammer67 wrote: »

wasn't there a prob with overheating batteries or something?

That problem was supposed to have been sorted, there were no passengers on board at the time, could have been anything that started it

bizmark

odd that there could be so many possible design flaws in a brand new airliner

wretcheddomain

Keith wrote: »

Where does it say its 'Massive'?
Or did you just pull that out of your arse to make it more dramatic??

It's a massive story given that people could have died if some technical fault occurred due to the fire and killed people. So, in that sense, using 'massive' at the headline is actually true.

Karl Stein

vicwatson wrote: »

1.3 percent, ahem :rolleyes:

My bad. I probably read it in a tabloid type website.

kneemos

wretcheddomain wrote: »

It's a massive story given that people could have died if some technical fault occurred due to the fire and killed people. So, in that sense, using 'massive' at the headline is actually true.

In the proud tradition of AH never back down.

vicwatson

funkey_monkey wrote: »

I don't think the batteries are in that location. I believe that there is a kitchen galley and cabin rest area in that area of the plane.

Batteries are near the Tail, where the fire was

The Backwards Man

There was a massive glacier that destroyed everything in it's path, exactly where my house is, 50,000 years ago. Dodged a bullet there.

Peregrine

vicwatson wrote: »

Batteries are near the Tail, where the fire was

The main battery is near the cockpit, almost in line with the front doors and the APU battery is at the back according some Boeing papers but it's in the bay, both are. The APU is near the tail, well behind the burnt part of the aircraft.

Some papers say the APU battery is near the wing section

dubscottie

Good luck to them in repairing it.. Thats why Boeing lost the JSF (now F-35) contract.. to much carbon. Small hole = pressure chamber to repair etc..

No more cut out a patch and stick a new bit on with rivets as the whole airframe would then be weakened.

Has this whole 787 story not got all the hallmarks of the Comet? By the time they fixed it, it was too late..

Majority of orders cancelled?

1ZRed

Oh noes! Just had my order in for one, should probably cancel it now

dubscottie

1ZRed wrote: »

Oh noes! Just had my order in for one, should probably cancel it now

Buy it.. Think Boeing will need the few million+ you are spending on it...:rolleyes:

biko

wretcheddomain wrote: »

It's a massive story given that people could have died if some technical fault occurred due to the fire and killed people. So, in that sense, using 'massive' at the headline is actually true.

I think you should have added "people killed" too.
For effect like.

dubscottie

The 787 is the new Comet. Happy days for Airbus!

Dempsey

Alot of foolish comments in this thread!

The dreamliners are a poorly designed plane.

Mr. CooL ICE

Here is a photo of the plane on fire

sparksfly

"Massive" in Ireland means something different. "I had a massive night out, got totally locked"
The op simply means that the fire was really enjoyable.

mattjack

LordChessington wrote: »

Here is a photo of the plane on fire

pfft thats the Titanic.

Fratton Fred

sparksfly wrote: »

"Massive" in Ireland means something different. "I had a massive night out, got totally locked"
The op simply means that the fire was really enjoyable.

It was deadly!'

kraggy

bizmark wrote: »

odd that there could be so many possible design flaws in a brand new airliner

The Dreamliner is an experiment gone horribly wrong for Boeing.

It's the first model where they outsourced the construction of a HUGE amount of the components. They got a stupid number of companies to construct different aspects of the aircraft and then pieced it together. It was delayed by years at one stage because one company they contracted made connecting bolts the wrong size so Boeing had to buy it out and remake that particular part themselves.

maninasia

Here's another one for you OP.

Headline: Massive fart out of my arse , nobody dead but some trees knocked over.


Article: Peep.

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-12/boeing-dreamliner-fire-at-heathrow-renews-787-safety-concerns.html

The Heathrow fire appears to have been in “a very complicated area of the structure that ties together the fuselage barrel, the tail cone and vertical fin loads,” Robert Mann, an aviation consultant in Port Washington, New York, said in an e-mail. “It will be a complicated repair -- if it is repairable. I think every current and prospective operator will be looking at the outcome.”

Rick Whittington, a New York-based aerospace analyst with Drexel Hamilton LLC, said that “we think this was a galley fire or perhaps some other piece of electrical equipment.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23298349

Several aviation experts have suggested that the fire appears to have broken out some distance from the two batteries.
...
Meanwhile, Thomson Airways said one of its Dreamliners travelling to Florida returned to Manchester Airport as a precautionary measure after the plane "experienced a technical issue".

becost

boeing, boeing, gone

hal9000

Fight fire with fire, that's what I say. It's the only way it'll learn to leave those dreamliners alone!