Entering the second week of its mandatory grounding, Boeing's United States and Japanese investigators are still tirelessly working around the clock to figure out and pinpoint the fire risks on the 787's electrical system.
A battery fire on a flight in Boston, January 7, resulted in the FAA putting the Dreamliner under a review process, but still let the plane fly, stating, "the plane was still safe to fly," according to CNN.
Then, on January 16, after an emergency landing by an All Nippon Airways flight in Japan-triggered by a battery warning alarm, caused regulators, worldwide, to order the $200 million Dreamliner out-of-action, until further notice.
Boeing is testing each and every one of the Dreamliner's components minutely to determine the issue, solve it, and get the 787 back in the air, but they also note that it is pivotal to "let the experts do a thorough job and the plane be re-certified as safe before lifting the order barring further flight," according to CNN.
"We don't know what is causing these incidents yet. These are expert people. They'll get to the bottom of it and then we'll let all of you know what they find out," Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Huerta told reporters at an industry event in Washington on Wednesday, according to CNN.
The battery maker, GS Yuasa, is now dismantling the device to do their own through analysis.
The safety boarded recently released said "all eight cells of the lithium-ion battery involved in the Boston 787 fire showed varying degrees of thermal damage. Investigators scanned and dismantled six of them to expose electrodes for microscopic examination," according to CNN.
When the plane's engine is idle, those batteries power the electrical system-vastly important to the well-being of not only the passengers on board, but the flight crew.
Praised for its light weight carbon fiber built, which will aid the airlines in saving fuel cost, which they will hopefully pass on those savings to the customers, Boeing has taken a public and financial hit, due to the Dreamliner's developmental issues.
Take a look below at what the Dreamliner is supposed to work and feel like.
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