Your not allowed to ship lithium batteries on a plane yet new 787 planes are now being investigated for there use

In another one of those amazing what the hell where they thinking cases in the use of technology the entire fleet of new Boeing 787 Jetliners have been grounded over a battery issue . But not just any battery issue it is one I have written about here before.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/18/us-investigators-boeing-staff-arrive-in-western-japan-to-inspect-troubled-787/

It Involves Lithium batteries catching fire. Small batteries which carry a very large punch of energy  and which are prohibited from being shipped in the cargo sections of aircraft .

Yet here is Boeing using them in the construction of the plane and not just one but many of them. 

But these batteries for all the fantastic power they can put out in a small package are vulnerable to overheating and bursting into fire and like I have pointed out make for a very useful tool by arsonists and pose a danger even when depleted because they still have a lot of power behind them.  I guess we will see what plays out in the future but I bet they will be replacing these batteries or completely redesigning there charging and storage containers rather than scrap an airliner.