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Dreamliner: Boeing 787 grounded on safety fears

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Topic: Dreamliner: Boeing 787 grounded on safety fears
Posted By: MartinW
Subject: Dreamliner: Boeing 787 grounded on safety fears
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2013 at 2:59pm
Passengers%20walk%20away%20from%20All%20Nippon%20Airways%20%28ANA%29%20Boeing%20787%20Dreamliner The 787 is designed to be Boeing's most fuel efficient and cost effective airliner
  • All of Boeing's flagship 787 Dreamliners have been temporarily taken out of service amid safety concerns.

The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) issued a directive to temporarily take the planes out of service while safety checks are carried out.

The plane's lithium ion batteries are the focus of concern.

Boeing said the planes were safe and that it stood by the integrity of the Dreamliner, which has been in service since October 2011.

Grounding aircraft on this scale over safety concerns is rare. The last time the FAA ordered a general grounding of an aircraft model was in 1979, when McDonald Douglas DC-10s were grounded following a fatal crash.

A string of issues in recent weeks have raised questions about the 787.

Dreamliners have suffered incidents including fuel leaks, a cracked cockpit window, brake problems and an electrical fire. However, it is the battery problems that have caused the most concern.

Who owns Dreamliners?

  • Air India: 6
  • All Nippon Airways (Japan): 17
  • Ethiopian Airlines: 4
  • Japan Airlines: 7
  • LAN Airlines (Chile): 3
  • Lot Polish Airlines: 2
  • Qatar Airways: 5
  • United Airlines (US): 6
  • Total: 50

Source: Boeing

On Wednesday, an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight made an emergency landing because of a battery malfunction. That caused it to ground all 17 of its Dreamliners and Japan Airways followed suit.

 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21054089 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21054089


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Posted By: UKsnapper
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 12:15pm
Thankfully now can be seen regularly over the London skyline Smile

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Posted By: mike H
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 7:29pm
Looking Great.

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It is a Passion we can all now Share within Flight Sim.



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Regards mike H


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