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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 15:21:16 -0400
Airline pilots have expressed concern over the safety of the Boeing 787
Dreamliner aircraft after an engine firefighting system was found to be
faulty. ...
However, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is not grounding 787s even though it says the switch presents a `risk to the flying public'. ...
``If there was an engine fire on a transatlantic flight and the aircraft had one of the defective fire switches, then we would have to fly with a burning wing for up to three hours before we could safely land,'' a British airline pilot, who was not identified, told the Observer. ...
The US aircraft manufacturing giant said less than 1 percent of the switches have failed and that it is assisting airlines in dealing with the issue. ...
``Engine fires are a very unlikely event and there have been no observed engine fires in the 787 fleet history,'' the spokesperson said.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pilots-fear-for-fire-safety-of-dreamliner-planes-also-used-by-el-al-report/
Oh, OK then.