It's time to return to the prickly issue of the Boeing 787 and the grounding of the new aircraft. With the US US National Transport Safety Board still not able to point to a root cause of the battery pack failures in the Japan Airlines 787 (which lead to an small on-board fire in Boston)and the All Nippon Airlines 787 (that failed in-flight over Japan, leading to the type … [Read more...]
ALL operators ground Boeing 787 Dreamliners *UPDATED*
In a cascade effect, more Civil Aviation agencies and airlines are pulling their Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleets Known grounding so far (Latest ones at the bottom): All Nippon Airlines (17 aircraft) Japan Airlines (7 aircraft) United Airlines (6 aircraft) LAN Airlines (3 Aircraft) LOT Polish Airlines (2 aircraft) Qatar Airways (5 Aircraft Air India (6 … [Read more...]
FAA Grounds Boeing 787 Dreamliners – UPDATE x 2
The Federal Aviation Administration has taken the action of grounding Boeing 787 Dreamliners according to a release at www.faa.gov Direct quote: As a result of an in-flight, Boeing 787 battery incident earlier today in Japan, the FAA will issue an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) to address a potential battery fire risk in the 787 and require operators to temporarily … [Read more...]
ANA Grounds its 787 fleet after an emergency landing in Japan – JAL follows.
BREAKING: JAL is to ground its fleet of 787 Dreamliners as well according to AFP. Well, its finally happened - the first airline who had 787's delivered have grounded their 787 fleet pending safety inspections. According to Reuters and BBC News, All Nippon Airways flight NH692 operating from Yamaguchi Ube to Tokyo's Haneda made an emergency landing at Takamatsu after a … [Read more...]
FAA to review Boeing 787 Dreamliners – No Groundings at present
Well this isn't unexpected, but its been coming after some high profile news articles, with the US Federal Aviation Administration announcing they are to launch a review into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner - in particular they will be reviewing its design and construction. It's important to note at this point, the 787's that are out in the real world can still fly, and are not … [Read more...]
Boeing goes on the defensive over the 787
It seems Boeing is going on the defensive on the 787 project, with the company stating the plane is "100% Safe to Fly". In a conference call, Boeing Commercial Airplanes VP and 787 chief project engineer Mike Sinnett spoke to reporters during a Wednesday conference call from the company. Due to the ongoing National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the JAL APU … [Read more...]
More JAL 787 problems – Fuel leak this time
Things are going from bad to worse for JAL and their 787's, with reports today of a second 787 in an incident at Boston. A second 787 suffered a fuel leak incident at Boston, where after the plane left the gate, about 40 gallons (151 litres) of spilled fuel was found. Passengers and crew were de-planed (187 passenger, 11 crew), with no one hurt,and the plane re-entered … [Read more...]
JAL 787 Fire incident at Boston – More trouble for the Dreamliner
It seems the 787's are starting to run into real trouble, as a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 operating a Tokyo-Narita to Boston service has suffered an a fire after landing at Boston. It seems that a battery in the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) had overheated, causing the combustion. No passengers or crew were aboard the plane at this this point when the fire occurred. Carol … [Read more...]
United commences its first International 787 services, puts others on hold
As some of you will know a United 787 was chartered for the Star MegaDo, and has been doing some domestic runs. Well today, United Airlines commences its international 787 operations with segments between Los Angeles and Tokyo Narita. However, there is a down side it seems according to Flight due to reliability issues with the new 787's. Services from Houston-IAH to … [Read more...]