NTSB update, 11 am Eastern, Thursday:
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| The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will issue
| an interim report Thursday on the lithium ion battery fire
| in January aboard a parked Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Logan
| Airport in Boston.
| ...
| The NTSB has been trying to establish what caused the short
| circuit, but experts have expressed doubt whether that will
| ever be known for sure, given the level of damage to the
| battery.
|
| There's no indication that the interim report will provide
| an answer, though it may make clearer whether or not a
| definitive cause is likely to be identified later.
|
| The report is "factual in nature and does not provide any
| analysis," the NTSB said in a statement Wednesday.
| ...
| Boeing has proposed a fix for the battery problem -- which,
| in the absence of a known root cause, attempts to address
| all possible battery system malfunctions. The company is
| awaiting approval from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)
| to implement that fix.
|
| The FAA is expected to give its initial response late this
| week or early next.
|
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--bks