Fire on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Forces Emergency Landing

[jerslice]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013387936_787emergency10.html

Multiple sources report that ZA002, en route from Yuma AZ to Laredo TX, caught fire forcing an emergency landing. Slides were deployed and the test crew of around 30 evacuated. The Seattle Times reports that sources close to the matter indicated both total and partial loss of some flight systems.

[NYCA News]

NYCAviation:

Fire on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Forces Emergency Landing (http://nycaviation.com/2010/11/fire-on-boeing-787-dreamliner-forces-emergency-landing/)

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight test was evacuated on Tuesday after landing in Laredo, Texas due to smoke detected in the cockpit, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
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[Zee71]

Sounds like a major set back to me.

[NLovis]

Oh boy thats not good. Im betting there will be more info about this as the days go on.