ANA, United Find More Damaged ELTs in 787s
All Nippon Airways found damage to what it describes as a battery wire in an ELT installed in one of its 20 Boeing 787s. (Photo: Boeing)
All Nippon Airways found damage to what it describes as a battery wire in an ELT installed in one of its 20 Boeing 787s. (Photo: Boeing)

All Nippon Airways and United Airlines have found minor wiring damage on a total of three Honeywell-made emergency locator transmitters for Boeing 787s and have returned them to their manufacturer for inspection, the airlines revealed last week. The discoveries arose during inspections of the systems recommended by the UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch and mandated on Thursday by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in reaction to a July 12 fire aboard an Ethiopian Airlines 787 parked at London Heathrow Airport.