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Boeing Statement on U.S. NTSB 787 Investigation Update
Boeing welcomes the progress reported by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the 787 investigation, including that the NTSB has identified the origin of the event as having been within the battery. The findings discussed today demonstrated a narrowing of the focus of the investigation to short circuiting observed in the battery, while […]
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Frost & Sullivan on Boeing Dreamliner 787 and Lithium-ion Batteries
The Boeing Dreamliner 787 incident has opened a new page in the lithium-ion battery space that speaks about the safety of this battery when used in higher capacities of KW and MW scale. During 2007, Federal Aviation Administration, granted permission to Boeing to use lithium-ion batteries in the 787 aircraft, with several conditions to ensure […]
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Boeing Increases 787 Production Rate
Boeing employees last week rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner built at the new rate of five-airplanes-per-month. The airplane is the 83rd 787 to be built. “This accomplishment, doubling our production rate in one year, is the result of the combined efforts of thousands of men and women across Boeing and at our partners,” said […]
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Air New Zealand`s Safety Hobbit hits Youtube
Air New Zealand’s latest safety video hits the video records, achieving worldwide media coverage and 6.2 million YouTube views in just four days since launching. The safety video is inspired by the upcoming fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) production, which is the first in a […]
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Bombardier Introduces New Safety Award at its 16th Annual Safety Standdown
Bombardier announced today that it will reveal the recipient of its first annual Eugene Cernan Safety Award at this year’s Safety Standdown U.S.A. Registration for the 16th edition of the annual event, featuring workshops and general sessions on current aviation safety topics, is now open. Safety Standdown 2012 will be held from October 8 to 11, […]
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Bombardier Committed to Continuing Safety Education in Latin America with Bigger and Better Safety Standdown
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that an expanded Safety Standdown Latin America will return to Brazil in conjunction with the ninth annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE). The highly acclaimed two-day seminar will take place August 13-14, at the Grand Hyatt São Paulo Hotel. In its third year in Latin America, Safety Standdown […]
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Plane crashes into Lake Winnebago, 2 die
The National Transportation Safety Board has started to investigate a plane crash in Lake Winnebago that killed a man and a woman. Authorities said a yellow 1940 Piper Cub was apparently trying to make an emergency landing when it went down. It happened just before noon yesterday about a quarter-mile off the western shore of […]
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Ball Aerospace develops flight computers for next-generation launch vehicles
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed development of prototype launch vehicle flight computers equipped to bring safety and reliability to future human spaceflight systems. These flight computers were financed by Ball Aerospace and are based on deployed units now being used by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in their simulation laboratories to develop software […]