In 2013, the second year of service for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a widebody jet airliner, several of the aircraft suffered from electrical system problems stemming from its lithium-ion batteries. In
The heavily burned battery from JA829J after it suffered thermal runaway
The aft electronics bay that held the battery that caught fire
The grounded Japan Airlines 787 at Boston Logan Airport
Three All Nippon Airways 787 aircraft grounded at Tokyo Airport on January 27, 2013
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A lithium-ion battery or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of lithium ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy. There are many d
2013 Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounding
…of service for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a widebody jet airliner, several of the aircraft suffered from electrical system problems stemming from its lithium-ion batteries. Incidents included two electrical fires, one aboard an All Nippon Airways 787 and another on a Japan Airlines 787; the second fire was found by…
A lithium-ion battery pack from a laptop computer
Varta lithium-ion battery, Museum Autovision, Altlussheim, Germany
Cylindrical Panasonic 18650 lithium-ion cell before closing
Lithium-ion battery monitoring electronics (over-charge and deep-discharge protection)