The end of the matter…well almost
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A bit more on Boeing’s battery woes…
The NTSB has released more pictures of the JAL battery, and there are some interesting conclusions that can be drawn from the evidence to date.
Boeing’s Dreamliner program runs into trouble with lithium ion batteries
Lithium batteries performance in providing lightweight, low volume power storage has made them a ubiquitous part of modern consumer life. And high power density also makes them attractive in applications, such as aerospace, where weight and space are at a premium. Unfortunately lithium batteries are also very unforgiving if operated outside their safe operating envelope and can fail in a spectacularly energetic fashion called a thermal runaway (1), as occurred in the recent JAL and ANA 787 incidents.
Critical Uncertainties 
