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Comment on Heathrow shut after Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire

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I suppose this (assuming it was the batteries again. I understand they swapped them out with a new design) is the downside to making a system fail safe instead of making it just not fail. They modified the battery compartments so that a fire wouldn't threaten the air-worthiness of the aircraft but any fire is still likely to cause bad press and, in this case, disrupt traffic at an airport.

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