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Boeing 787 Fire Spurs Beacon Inspection Mandate From Canada

Canada’s transportation regulator ordered emergency-beacon inspections on most Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS jets after a Honeywell International Inc. device made in the country was linked to a 787 Dreamliner fire. Airlines must complete the checks within 150 days of …

FAA Instructs Airlines to Remove or Inspect Boeing 787 Beacons

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday instructed airlines to remove or inspect emergency beacons in Boeing Co’s 787 Dreamliners, following a fire earlier this month that was traced to one of the units, made by Honeywell International Inc. The …

Boeing 787 Fire Inspectors Said to Focus on Pinched Beacon Wire

Investigators are examining whether a wire smashed under a beacon battery cover caused a short- circuit that triggered a July 12 fire on a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner in London, a person familiar with the probe said. U.K. and U.S. …

Airlines Keep 787 Flying as Probe Seeks Cause of Fire

Airlines are keeping Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner flying, and are sticking with their orders for the new jet as safety investigators look for what sparked a fire in one of the planes while it was parked at London’s Heathrow Airport. The …

Maker of 787 Transmitter Joining UK Fire Probe

The maker of an emergency transmitter for Boeing’s 787 says it has joined the U.K. investigation into last week’s fire on one of the planes. Honeywell International Inc. said in a statement Monday that it has joined the investigation. Spokesman …

Boeing 787 Fire Cause Sought as U.K. Agency Sees No Battery Link

U.K. regulators are still seeking the cause of last week’s fire on a Boeing Co. 787 parked at London’s Heathrow airport after saying they see no direct link to battery blazes that grounded the fleet earlier this year. The Air …

Safety Firm Bolsters Battery Standards After Boeing Crisis

Underwriters Laboratories, a 119-year-old U.S. company that develops product safety tests, is strengthening its lithium-ion battery standards after a string of high-profile battery failures that shed light on the technology’s weak spots. Those vulnerabilities were highlighted this year when regulators …

NTSB Probes Safety Testing of Boeing 787 Batteries

As airlines prepare to begin flying Boeing’s beleaguered 787 Dreamliners again, federal investigators are looking at how regulators and the company tested and approved the plane’s cutting-edge battery system, and whether the government cedes too much authority to aircraft makers …

Boeing Finishes 787 Testing, Focus Shifts to Regulators

With a successful flight on Friday, Boeing moved closer to proving that a revamped safety system can prevent batteries on its new 787 Dreamliner from catching fire or overheating, and getting back the plane into service. Friday’s test flight concludes …

Boeing 787 Faces New Risk: Limits on Extended Range Sources

As Boeing works to regain permission for its 787 Dreamliner to resume flights, the company faces what could be a costly new challenge: a temporary ban on some of the long distance, trans-ocean journeys that the jet was intended to …