Dreamliner fire blamed on lithium-manganese battery
By Siobhan Lismore-Scott
Published: Friday, 19 July 2013
Honeywell ELT must be pulled, investigators urge Boeing
The fire aboard a parked
Boeing 787 at London Heathrow last week has been attributed
to the lithium-manganese dioxide battery within the
plane’s Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT).
Examiners with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch have
recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
makes the ELT, which is manufactured...