The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday grounded Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner because of a potential risk of fire from its batteries, following an emergency landing of an All Nippon plane in Japan caused by a malfunctioning battery.
That followed last week’s battery fire in an empty Japan Airlines Dreamliner in Boston.
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I'm a huge fan of technology. Even more so when it has a focus on conservation over consumption. LiPo batteries seemed very promising and they are a huge advancement over traditional technologies. That said, we have had two LiPo events in our house. the first was a simple headset battery that expanded and broke the headset wide open. The second was a MacBook Pro battery. That one was a close call. It was just sitting on a shelf not being used or charged for at least 6 months. One day it simply burst open and when we smelled it from downstairs and then found it, it was hot. I'm still a fan but now I'm very cautious of what products have the larger LiPo batteries in our house.