๐ What Caused The Battery Fires That Grounded the Boeing 787 10 Years Ago? BY IAIN COUTTS PUBLISHED JAN 18, 2023 A combination of design issues, wrong assumptions, and inadequate testing procedures contributed to the fleet's grounding. In late 2012 Japan Airlines took delivery of another Boeing 787-800, and it entered into service shortly after. They did not know it at the time, but this aircraft would prompt a series of events leading to the FAA grounding an entire fleet of aircraft, causing significant problems for Boeing and airlines worldwide. Smoke and fire were discovered shortly after passengers and crew disembarked After landing without incident at Logan International Airport in Boston on January 7th, 2013, and just after passengers and crew had disembarked, the ground crew noticed that the auxiliary power unit (APU) had automatically shut down. When a mechanic went to investigate, smoke and fire were discovered coming from the APU. Before the airport fire...