Dreamliner Flaw Escaping FAA No Surprise in Crash Data
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Failures to spot and anticipate safety flaws during certification of new aircraft have been linked to 70 percent of U.S. airline-crash deaths in the past 20 years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Boeing Co.’s tests concluding the lithium-ion batteries in its 787 Dreamliner couldn’t catch fire are renewing questions about whether complexity of new aircraft can outpace manufacturers’ and regulators’ ability to spot shortcomings during design and certification.