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Originally Posted by beepbeep
Neither Boeing nor Airbus manufactures their own batteries. It this particular case(s,) it was Lithium Ion batteries (made by Yuasa) that self-ignited. The choice of cutting-edge technology (as in hi-density storage) was entirely done by Boeing themselves, not the outsourcing partners.
Incidentally, Airbus outsources majority of it's work. Heck, whole Airbus entity is one giant outsourcing hairball.
Personally, I believe that outsourcing is OK (albeit risky) as long as you know how to set deadlines and have clear QC-parameters.
It's somewhat blown out of proportions IMHO. They'l change all batteries to NiCd, loose a few pounds and that's it.
P.S. A380 uses LIon batteries as well, but only for emergency lights.  |
This is correct. With the fire potential on the Li-Ion batteries, I'm surprised they have as much widespread as they do. Of course, I'm typing on a laptop with Li-Ion batteries inside...
The quick fix will be to replace the Li-Ion batteries with "something else", and to pay the small weight penalty.
I haven't been able to talk to my sister, as she is working 12-16 hours days with the team trying to fix this fast.