Investigators pinpoint cause of Ethiopian Boeing 787 fire

By Alan Dron Air Transport Word UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has confirmed the cause of a 2013 fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 at London Heathrow Airport. It was caused by thermal runaway in the lithium metal batteries of the aircraft’s Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT), AAIB has stated in an official

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