Photos have surfaced of ZA002 being worked on in Laredo, Texas after a fire in the aircraft’s aft electrical equipment (EE) bay Tuesday crippled the 787 following an emergency landing. The photos, taken by flickr user Stevie.Eliz, were apparently taken yesterday. While the damage to ZA002 was entirely internal, the photos show the deployed ram air turbine (RAT) as well as crews accessing both the forward and rear EE bays.
Meanwhile, ZA001 remains stranded in South Dakota, while ZA005 is in Victorville, California and ZA003, ZA004 and ZA006 are at Everett (3) and Boeing Field (4 & 6). Earlier in the week a Gulfstream G-IV and Bombardier Challenge 600 series business jets made the trip between Boeing Field and Laredo, which was possibly the dispatch of a new P100 panel.
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