The main investigation, which also involves the FAA and Boeing, focuses on the 787's cutting-edge lithium ion battery system that powers the plane's auxiliary power unit.
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The Sky Warrior's automatic takeoff and landing system can put a plane on a runway "plus or minus one foot, " says one Department of Defense official who asked not to be named.
But other companies, such as units of United Technologies and other vendors, contribute to the plane's extensive electrical system.
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The students said they had the approval of the flight crew, who let them use the plane's public address system to tell other passengers about their intentions.
Southwest Airlines may not own a plane with a headrest infotainment system, but it's still far and away the most enjoyable commercial flight you'll find in the US of A (save for Virgin America, naturally).
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While the root cause of the battery overheating remains unknown, the United States federal aviation officials have accepted Boeing's plan to fit all 787s with a revamped battery system and cleared the way for the plane to fly again, although the timing remains uncertain.
Once enough data have been gathered from Demon, either a larger demonstration aircraft will be built or the system could be tested by converting an existing plane.
But final approval for the 787 also was contingent on Boeing, among other things, designing an automatic system able to disconnect the batteries from the plane's electrical grid in case of unexpected problems.
In another model being pushed by incumbents in the in-flight entertainment business, airlines install a plane-wide content-streaming system with an array of movies, TV shows, games and other content, generally alongside broader Internet access.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is also asking how problems with the aircraft's lithium-ion battery system that led to a fire aboard one plane and smoke in another escaped the notice of regulators and company officials who certified the plane's safety.
The system allows you see how the rest of the plane voted and also helps the airline decide which movies to feature or drop from its menu.
It also involves better insulation of battery cells and adding a new containment and venting system aimed at preventing any overheating from affecting the plane or being noticed by passengers, Boeing said.
The officials had followed all the right procedures, but the system still did not prevent the suspect from boarding the plane.
After starting the taxi out to the runway Monday morning, we were informed that there was an issue with the computer system, and they were unable to start one of the plane's engines.
If a card belonging to a Berliner has never been used to purchase a plane ticket or buy goods outside Germany, the system may block an attempt to book a Moscow-Tokyo flight leaving in three hours.
Using ATOP, if a pilot requests an altitude or route change, the system loads the new information, based on the data transmission from the plane, calculates any possible conflicts and suggests responses from the controller automatically.
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It is developing a surveillance system funded by several U.S. government agencies based on an unmanned plane that will fly at an altitude of 11 miles (versus 22, 000 miles for a satellite) and stay aloft for a week at a time.
Before Galileo began running balls down an inclined plane to measure changes in velocity, and before Descartes developed his coordinate system, the German Jesuit Christoph Clavius, designed the mathematics curriculum for the major universities of Europe.
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The new system also includes enhanced venting of smoke and gas from inside the battery to outside the plane.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano came in for some well-deserved criticism for declaring over the weekend that "the system worked" with respect to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's effort to blow up the plane he was flying from Amsterdam to Detroit.
If he decides to leap out of the French plane, he will have all the necessary elements to properly leave the French tax system.
But for a solar eternal plane to be exactly that it needs an efficient energy harvesting, conversion and storage system that will work when the Sun has set.
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The latest installment in this story is the versatile P-8A patrol plane developed for the Navy from the 737 airframe, and the high-capacity Wideband Global Satcom system developed for the Air Force from commercial satellite technology.
According to the Seattle Times, the fix also involves using a system of venting tubes that in case of an incident would channel any flammable vapours or liquids directly out of the plane, and continuous monitoring of the temperature and voltage of individual cells within the battery.
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