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Comment on Internal FAA Review Saw High Risk of 737 Max Crashesparent

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I saw the pictures of the 787 lithium-ion battery fire aftermath ... the entire equipment rack was a charred mess. In other words, a raging fire happened in the hold.

The only initial San Jose Terminal 3 ($1.2+ billion) international airline was JAL, and they had to stop flying for about a year. This was a terrible blow to the airport.

The engineer who advocated a battery box was not just correct, but following basic principles - even the Cessna 172 has a metal battery box:

https://www.knots2u.net/battery-box-cessna-172-stainless-ste...

Heck, I even tell IT departments to use a stainless-steel "bathtub" under water-cooled computer systems. Each time I'm called a Cassandra, until it starts leaking, then it's like, "Well of course. Anybody would do it that way."

Source: commercially-licensed airplane pilot.

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