Boeing 787 grounded again….

More on Sky News: http://news.sky.com/story/1195209/dreamliner-grounded-as-smoke-pours-from-plane

Aerospace experts said the incident was troubling, but were cautious about drawing broader conclusions.
The cause of the battery problems has not been determined.

I think this is most important. It could simply be an isolated incident involving just this particular aircraft.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/14/travel/787-dreamliner/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Yes, no reports of a ‘fleet’ grounding (yet).

Reuters suggest that only the aircraft involved was grounded, and that passengers were transferred to another 787 for their flight to BKK.

It is entirely possible that I have been misled and it is not a fleet grounding…

[The problem with 2nd hand news]

Reuters suggest that only the aircraft involved was grounded, and that passengers were transferred to another 787 for their flight to BKK.

Have JAL grounded their 787s? The poor 787 has become highly nutritious journalist fodder.

And the lithium-ion saga strikes back, the hard reality of what happens when manufacturers try and shave off every available pound in weight. Boeing took a huge risk in many of the weight saving measures it took on the 787, suffice to say this one didn’t pay off.