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Before you fly on a 787, please note that the battery fires aren't the only early problem to hit that aircraft; it seems they have a problem with cracked windshields, which (unlike on conventional non-composite airliners) are bonded to the composite airframe rather than bolted into metal frames:

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/re...

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Neither the airliners.net discussion nor the New York Times article seem to think this is a serious problem.

example on airliners.net: "The cracks are on the outer glass surface, which is non-structural. The glass is used as a wear surface since it resists scratching and pitting much better than the acrylics that are used for the main structural part of the window. So a "broken window" is not a big deal at all."

nytimes: " “Even considering that the 787 is a new aircraft, which tends to come with initial glitches, we are not seeing a higher incidence of reported problems compared to other aircraft,” Mr. Yamada said."

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