787 electrical fires, they keep cropping up.

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Pretty good confirmation that they did correctly diagnose the fire.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-ana-dreamliner-beacon-idUSBRE96P0AK20130726

Japan's ANA finds damaged battery wires on Boeing Dreamliner locator beacons

 

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It looks like these ELTs were sitting on the shelf for a long while before being installed into the 787s, due to the delays in getting the 787 into revenue service.

So, to have the proper 10 year battery life with the install, the battery packs were replaced with new ones when the ELTs were actually installed in the planes. This is when the wires were pinched, apparently.

This is why they can limit the inspections to 787s.

 

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http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_21_2013_p0-649841.xml

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 has made its first flight since suffering structural damage in a fire at London’s Heathrow Airport in July.