Post-grounding 787 Dreamliner problems

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Really a shame that every time a mechanic makes a mistake on a 787 it makes world news. The 787 is a good airplane. I think in 5 years this will be just a bad memory.

 

What does this have to do with Av-Chat??

 

He seemed upset that the plane pictured in the article spewing smoke out the luggage door is not the Air India plane - a rather misleading image.

I was letting him know that with a simple 140-character message he could attempt to get that corrected by reaching out directly to the source.

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It's dishonest... they apparently decided to us a pic of a totally different plane, totally different incident because it was more dramatic with smoke and all.

There was no smoke on the Air India incident probably... or scads of firemen.

Dishonest.

I don't tweet.

 

I agree - I'm with you on that. Excellent example of irresponsible journalism.

I do toss out the occasional tweet, but only on car related subjects. The great thing about Twitter and modern media is you can almost always get in touch with the author of an article. I've used it for that exact purpose in the past.

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I just read report that an Air India Airlines mechanic has been suspended as a result of this incident.

 

During the summer down under, two flights a day from Guangzhou to Auckland NZ.
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I flew another one from Tokyo to LA last week.

Once again, a problem. The entertainment system crashed twice during the flight.

I talked to a long time flight attendant about the plane. He said that yes, they've had more problems with reliability than other planes but thought it was because it was still new. He liked it but said he was still concerned about the battery issue.

I don't know if it's true or not but he said Boeing never did find out why the batteries overheated. But, they made measures and showed the FAA that they believed they fixed the problem.

If I were him, I wouldn't say that out loud too much.

He also said there's a lot of little things United wants to change in the interior. He said that the last two bins in the plane look like overhead luggage space but aren't. People pull on it and break it because it won't open.

I like the plane as I'm getting used to it. I still think I prefer the 777 though. I don't care for the way the windows turn dark. To me, the old system of a movable screen was better and probably cheaper. I wish the exit seats in coach had a window. It's pretty claustrophobic sitting in that seat for 10 hours and not being able to see out.

One thing I will say is that it's a very attractive plane on the ground. I took a good look at it after stepping off and it's probably the best looking commercial airliner out there.

 

That would be a Panasonic problem, as they are the IFE supplier.

 

Boeing 787-9 headed to Auckland, Australia next month - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller

 

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Japan Air grounds Boeing 787 after battery problem - Yahoo Finance

 

Truly breaking news - my friend who runs the popular automotive blog GTspirit.com was due to travel from Flughafen München to Doha this morning via a Qatar Airways 787 Dreamliner. He has just posted this after they had initially delayed his flight some 45 mins.

"Piece of **** Dreamliner broke down, flight cancelled"

This was about 30 minutes after I mentioned the JAL grounding to him - I can't help but feel I jinxed it.

No word on the cause with this one. Here's the plane sitting idle at the gate.

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Amazingly, I flew on a British Airways Dreamliner last Saturday - London Newark. It worked. The flight was great. I loved it. So so quiet. It can fly sometimes...

 

Even McLaren's have trouble with Lithium battery's Mr. E

I would still rather fly on one of these than anything designed and assembled in Toulouse..

 

Of course, perfection is impossible.

It was the irony of me telling him about the JAL issue and then 20 mins later his 787 being broken and his flight cancelled that sparked the post really. He got on a later departure (wasn't sure if it was the same plane) and was quite pleased with the service from Qatar airways and the 787 overall.

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116 of these birds flying at the moment - a year after the fleet was grounded.

Hopefully, they get to the bottom of the battery issue this year. I wouldn't fly one with the current band-aid solution.

 

Incident: China Southern B788 near Guangzhou on Jan 19th 2014, multiple system messages

 

First one in black -
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Boeing finds new defect in continuing struggle to produce Dreamliner 787
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-deals-with-new-defect-787-dreamliner-wsj-2021-10-14/

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