UK Authorities Issue Recommendations on 787 ELT

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch recommended Thursday that operators of Boeing 787s disable the airplanes’ Honeywell-made emergency locator transmitter following last Friday’s fire aboard a parked Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner at London Heathrow Airport. It also asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a safety review with other regulatory authorities of lithium-powered ELTs in other aircraft models.