NIST helps NTSB solve 787 battery fire puzzle
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 10:00
in Mathematics & Economics
In January, 2013, an auxiliary power unit battery aboard a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" experienced a "thermal runaway event" resulting in fire and heavy smoke at the front of the battery case. At the time, the airplane was parked at a gate at Logan International Airport in Boston.