Initial inspection appears to indicate that a power control panel in the aft electronics bay will need to be replaced on ZA002. Boeing reports they are inspecting the power panel and surrounding area near that panel to determine if other repairs will be necessary.

Boeing has retrieved flight data from the airplane and is analyzing it in Seattle. This process will take several days. The team was conducting monitoring of the Nitrogen Generation System at the time of the incident but there is no reason to suspect that the monitoring or earlier testing of that system had anything to do with the incident.

?Consistent with our internal processes, until we better understand the cause of the incident on ZA002, we have decided to postpone flight test activities on other airplanes. Ground test activities will be conducted until flight test resumes.

?Likewise, we cannot determine the impact of this event on the overall program schedule until we have worked our way through the data. Teams have been working through the night and will continue to work until analysis is complete and a path forward is determined.?

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