WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.N. agency that sets global aviation safety standards is moving to prevent aircraft batteries like the one that caught fire on a Boeing 787 last month from being shipped as cargo ...

Of lithium-ion battery incidents onboard U.S. aircraft in 2023, 85% were addressed before full thermal runaway occurred. Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering ...

Dreamliners worldwide were grounded nearly three weeks ago after lithium ion batteries that are part of the planes led to a fire in one plane and smoke in a second. But new rules exempt aircraft ...

(AP) At the same time the government certified Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the airliner’s electrical systems from being carried as cargo ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A short circuit likely due to a manufacturing defect in a Boeing 787 airliner battery caused a fire last year that grounded the planes for more than three months, federal accident ...

A 2015 working paper by an organization representing plane makers like Boeing Co found current firefighting systems on airliners could not "suppress or extinguish a fire involving significant ...

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Despite progress in battery applications over the past decade, the market for aircraft batteries in 2021 remains centered on three types. The commercial segment has long been primarily driven by ...

Now the situation is reversed. Dreamliners worldwide were grounded nearly three weeks ago after lithium ion batteries that are part of the planes led to a fire in one plane and smoke in a second. But ...

MONTREAL (Reuters) - The U.N. aviation agency on Monday prohibited shipments of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, following concerns by pilots and plane makers that they are a fire ...