Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
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- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 20. May 2, 2025
Boeing 2012 results; and comments on 787
BOeing released its 2012 financial results, provided guidance for 2013 and talked about the 787 issues in its press release here. The webcast is at 10:30 ET and the launching page is here. “Our first order of business… Read More
Boeing knew of battery issues: NY Times; ~150 failures–Seattle Times
See this story in the New York Times. The Seattle Times reports that there have been nearly 150 battery failures. The Wall Street Journal has this article (subscription required). What’s the cost of the 787 grounding? See this… Read More
Odds and Ends: Aviation author opines about Boeing; 787 grounding timeline; remaking AA
Aviation Author and Boeing: Clive Irving, who wrote a book about the Boeing 747 and who is a prolific aviation writer, has a long piece about his experiences with Boeing over several decades. This thing-piece laments the changes… Read More
Airbus examines lithium battery safety, fire suppression
Note: The NTSB Sunday said it still doesn’t know what caused the lithium ion battery to catch fire on the JAL Boeing 787. Japan has shifted focus to a monitoring system, not the battery. The battery charger has… Read More
Odds and Ends: MIT–787 grounding to 2014; that’s speculation at this stage
MIT on 787 Grounding: MIT says the Boeing 787 might be grounded until 2014, according to this article in Forbes. But we caution against drawing conclusions. At this point, the MIT guy is giving his best judgment but… Read More
Odds and Ends: NTSB on 787 Certification; SPEEA countdown
NTSB on 787 Certification: There were a number of small but important news items to come out of the press briefing Thursday from the National Transportation Safety Board were several references to examining the certification involving the batteries… Read More
Live coverage NTSB 787 briefing
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is holding a press briefing at 230 pm (ET) today. We’ll have a running synopsis of it right here. Deborah Hersman, Chair of NTSB Expectation in aviation is never experience a fire… Read More
NTSB briefing on 787 today
The National Transportation Board will have a briefing today at 2:30 ET. In advance of the briefing, NTSB issued this terse statement: The following factual information has been developed about the battery: It consists of eight cells of… Read More
Odds and Ends: SPEEA defers vote; FAA battery apporval
A couple of quick links before we head home: SPEEA defers vote: This is a surprise to us. FAA battery approval process: Reuters has this story about the FAA approval process for the battery on the Boeing 787.