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B787 fire at Heathrow linked to wiring

Blaze started in a battery in the plane's emergency locator transmitter

Published Thu, Jun 19, 2014 · 10:00 PM

[NEW YORK] UK investigators linked the fire on board a parked Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner at London's Heathrow Airport last year to faulty wiring in the plane's emergency locator transmitter.

The blaze began in a battery in the unit made by Honeywell International, the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch said in a report released yesterday. The battery wires were improp…

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B787 fire at Heathrow linked to wiring

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