Burnt auxiliary power unit the battery, removed from all Nippon Airways (Ana) Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane Co that makes emergency landing on 16 January, 2013 in Takamatsu, is inspected by the manufacturer in the headquarters of the GS Yuasa Corp in Kyoto, Western Japan, in this handout photograph taken on January 26, 2013 and released by the Japan transport safety Board (JTSB) 5 fevruari2013.
Credit: Reuters/Japan transport safety board/exhibitionBy Ali Kotoky
NEW DELHI | Wed Feb 20, 13 3: 55 am EST
New Delhi (Reuters)-Boeing Co (BA.N) has found a way to fix battery problems with its 787 Dreamliner jets grounded, which includes increasing the distance between cells, a source familiar with the plans of the United States, the company said Thursday.
"Differences between bins will be larger. I think that's why there is overheating, "said the source, who declined to be identified because the plans are private.
50 Dreamliners in commercial services are grounded in the world last month after a string of battery-related incidents, including a fire on board a parked aircraft in the United States and the in-flight problem on another plane in Japan. While the Dreamliner is cleared to fly again, Boeing will be starved of delivery payments.
The logical solution would be for Boeing to install ceramic tiles between each cell and add a vent of the battery box, Simeon Kanamura, a professor at the University of Tokyo Metropolitan, who has conducted research with several Japanese battery manufacturers, told Reuters on Tuesday.
Earlier on Wednesday, the President of the State-run Air India AIN.UL said Boeing is hopeful of getting the Dreamliner back in operation since early April.
"They said that these planes have to start flying again by early April. They may not be secure, but they have hope, "said Rohit Nandan.
Air India has six and 21 Dreamliners it has ordered more. The issue of compensation from the airline's Boeing jet problems would be taken once the planes are flying again, said Nandan.
"Good progress", a spokesman for Boeing in Seattle said in response to questions about the restart of the possible flight in April.
"We have been in close communication with our clients, since this matter arose. The details of our conversations with customers are confidential, "he added.
Spokespeople for Japan's all Nippon Airways Co Ltd (Ana) (9202. T), which is the biggest fleet of Dreamliners, and Japan Airlines Co. Ltd. (JAL) (9201. T) said they were aware of the proposed April schedule.
Ana and JAL have been most affected because they own about half of the lightweight, efficient jetliners in service as one strategic move to gain market share from its American and European rivals.
(Reporting by Erika Kotoky; additional reporting by Bill Rigby in Seattle, Yoko Kubota and Mari Saito in Tokyo and Devidutta Tripathy in New Delhi; editing by Daniel Magnowski)
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