Boeing Co. is enhancing software on current and future 787 jetliners to prevent electrical spikes generated by lightning storms from potentially disabling cockpit instruments.
The moves were initially prompted by an incident years ago when three of five primary cockpit displays on a United Airlines 787 Dreamliner suddenly stopped functioning after the plane was hit by lightning. The incident surprised regulators and company safety experts alike, as such equipment failures were considered extremely improbable on such models.
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